Method for Predicting Barge Impact Force Based on Nonlinear Spring Stiffness

Table 2

Sample points of Initial kinetic energy and bow deformation.

IKE (kJ)	BD (point 1) (m)	BD (point 2) (m)	BD (point 3) (m)	BD (point 4) (m)
2000	0.039	0.075	0.133	0.318
2250	0.059	0.108	0.185	0.353
3125	0.049	0.093	0.207	0.535
3600	0.059	0.113	0.247	0.625
3920	0.054	0.079	0.212	0.702
4500	0.059	0.114	0.212	0.844
4950	0.059	0.115	0.370	0.966
5400	0.059	0.115	0.217	1.061
5512.5	0.068	0.100	0.245	1.073
6125	0.068	0.100	0.248	1.223
8000	0.079	0.154	0.325	1.514
10125	0.089	0.131	0.551	3.340

IKE: initial kinetic energy; BD: bow deformation.