Crashworthiness design of GFRP bar reinforced concrete bridge pier subjected to truck collision
Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023 This study investigates the failure behavior and post-impact damage of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bar reinforced bridge pier under truck collision. The finite element model of a benchmark bridge with its pier reinforced with GFRP bars collided
Chang Zhou +4 more
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Applied Sciences, 2023 To study the seismic performance of self-centering circular-section rocking steel bridge piers whose functions can be restored after an earthquake, a high-precision finite element (FE) analysis model of such a bridge piers was established. The hysteresis
Hanqing Zhuge +3 more
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Transient response of bridge piers under eccentric impact of near-fault earthquake
Scientific Reports, 2022 To study the influence of near-fault earthquake on pier failure, establish a double-span continuous girder bridge. The seismic response of the bridge is calculated using the transient wave function expansion method and the indirect mode function ...
Zihu Wang +3 more
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Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulation And Evaluation Of Water Flow Pressure On Bridge Piers
Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2023 In this study, a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) model for fluid-solid interaction is developed considering the effect of water flow transient impact, water pressure and velocity around a bridge pier.
Long Nguyen-Ngoc +6 more
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Fluids, 2019 Bridge deck splashing causes deterioration to a bridge’s structure and renders the bridge unsafe for motorists and pedestrians. The traditional countermeasure for bridge deck splashing has been pier extension. Pier extensions move the pier wave and
Moses Karakouzian +3 more
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Seismic Performance of Steel Box Bridge Piers with Earthquake-Resilient Function
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2020 A novel steel box bridge pier with replaceable energy dissipation wall plates at the base was proposed. After moderate earthquakes, the damaged energy dissipation wall plates and constraining steel plates on the two sides could be rapidly replaced, while
Haifeng Li, Wenwei Luo, Jun Luo
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Centrifuge modeling of rocking-isolated inelastic RC bridge piers [PDF]
, 2014 Experimental proof is provided of an unconventional seismic design concept, which is based on deliberately underdesigning shallow foundations to promote intense rocking oscillations and thereby to dramatically improve the seismic resilience of structures.
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Bridge Failure Prevention: An Overview of Self-Protected Pier as Flow Altering Countermeasures for Scour Protection [PDF]
Civil Engineering Infrastructures Journal, 2021 The inherent scour process around the bridge piers needs to be considered and crucial to ensure a sustainable and economical bridge design. The performance of any scour protection/controlling devices around bridge piers is determined on how each device ...
Ibtesam Abudallah Habib +4 more
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Turbulent flow structures and scour hole characteristics around circular bridge piers over non-uniform sand bed channels with downward seepage [PDF]
, 2019 Bridges play an important role in the transportation of goods and people across rivers. In civil engineering, one of the most important issues is to protect bridge piers from collapse.
Bimlesh Kumar +2 more
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Research of Optimal Experiment on Bridge Pier Types for Reducing Backwater
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2015 There are many kinds of commonly-used bridge pier types. This paper researches the selection principle and optimal type of the bridge pier types from the perspective of reducing backwater.
He Zhenjun +3 more
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