Evaluation on Impact Interaction between Abutment and Steel Girder Subjected to Nonuniform Seismic Excitation

Table 2

Peak response of pounding force.

Location	Uniform		Nonuniform (400 m/s)		Nonuniform (200 m/s)
	Time (s)	Force (kN)	Time (s)	Force (kN)	Time (s)	Force (kN)
Left abutment	15.46	2.79 10^3	7.96	2.79 10^3	12.12	1.57 10^3
Right abutment	14.88	2.79 10^3	7.52	2.79 10^3	12.62	2.79 10^3