Simulation for the Truck-bridge Collision
Simulate the truck-bridge collison and discuss the collision
induced damage inside the bridge.
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test of a FRP bridge beam
Fiber Reinforced Plastics/Composites, 2011, (5): 24-28
Abstract:
With the increasing expansion in civil engineering in recent years,
Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) has been recognized as a competitive
material to those conventional materials in bridge structures, especially
for footbridge design and construction. However, collision accidents
between over-high trucks and bridge superstructures frequently happened,
which seriously threaten the safety of bridges and traffic system of
city. To ensure FRP structure can be more widely used for bridge construction,
structure-vehicle collision mechanism should be studied, so as to improve
collision-resisted ability of bridge superstructure. In this paper,
a collision testing between over-high trucks and bridge superstructure
was carried out, including failure process, displacement response, and
failure mode and mechanism. The test results will be used for finite
element analysis and further verification, so as to improve structural
performance of FRP superstructure under such impact load.
Keywords: bridge engineering; collision test; FRP structure;
superstructure; over-high truck
Engineering
design method for the impact load of collision between over-height truck
and bridge superstructure,
China Journal of Highway and Transport, 2011, 24(2):
49-55.
Abstract:
In order to compensate for the insufficient of the research on collisions
between over-high trucks and bridge superstructures and improve their
engineering design method, a simplified model for the collision between
over-height trucks and bridge superstructures is proposed based on the
accident investigations and high precision finite element (FE) analysis.
And then differential equations for the simplified model are set up
and some parameters of the simplified model are calibrated by numerical
experiments. Thus, the collision loads of the simplified model are obtained.
What's more, to further meet the requirement of the engineering design,
simplify formed engineering design formulas are put forward and the
main value of the basic parameters of engineering design formulas are
presented in table. Finally, the comparison between simplified model,
design formulas and FE method are carried out. The comparisons indicate
that the collision loads obtained by the proposed simplified model and
design formulas agree well with the FE results and are conservative
for engineering, which could provide references for engineering design.
Key words: Over-height trucks; Bridge superstructures; Collision;
Simplified model; Design formulas
High
precision finite element simulation and simplified calculation for the
collision load between over-high truck and bridge superstructure,
Engineering Mechanics, 2011, 28(1): 116-123.
Abstract:
Recently the collisions between over-high trucks and bridge superstructures
have become a serious threaten to the safety of city traffic. In order
to reduce the loss due to collision accidents, it's critical to precisely
calculate the collision loads. This work firstly simulates the collision
process between over-high trucks and bridge superstructures based on
high precision finite element model, and primary influencing factors
that control the collision loads are discussed. Then by ignoring the
unimportant influencing factors, a simplified model for the collision
between over-high trucks and bridge superstructures is developed. The
time-history results of simplified model agree well with those of the
high precision finite element model, so the proposed simplified model
can be used in practical application.
Keywords: collision; load calculation; high precision finite
element; simplified model; bridge superstructure; over-high truck
Simulation
and analysis of a collision accident between over-high truck and pedestrian
bridge,
Journal of Transport Information and Safety, 2009, 27(6):
89-92.
Abstract:
An accident of collision between over-high truck and pedestrian bridge
is simulated by means of high-precision finite element model, the reasons
of collapse is analyzed and the corresponding protection measures is
suggested. This paper firstly introduced the proposed numerical model
and then described the collision process of simulation. Based on the
analytical results, the reason of the girder falling is discussed and
the response of the girder after the collision is analyzed. Finally,
the corresponding protection measures are proposed and the effectiveness
of these measures is verified.
Keywords: truck-bridge collision, numerical simulation, bridge,
collision prevention
Collision
between Over-high Trucks and Bridge Superstructures: Damage Mechanism
and Impact Loads
Engineering Structures, 2009, 26(sup.II): 115-125.
Abstract:
Recently, accidents of collisions between over-high trucks and bridge
superstructures happen frequently, which seriously threaten the safety
of bridges and city traffic system. In order to reduce the loss due
to the over-high-truck-to-bridge collision, the collision resistance
of bridge superstructures need to be strengthened, on which the research
is still very lack currently in China. Based on the high-precision nonlinear
finite element simulation and accident investigation, this paper discusses
the damage mechanism and collision loads of impact between over-high
trucks and bridge superstructures. Study results show that the damage
modes of bridge superstructures impacted by over-high trucks include
global deformation damage, local damage and girder-falling. The impact
loads that controls the damage modes include the collision impulse and
the local punching force, which differ a lot for different types of
trucks.
Keywords: Impact; Bridge superstructure; Over-high truck; High-precision
nonlinear finite element; Damage mechanism; Collision loads
Simplified
model and design equations for the collision between over-high truck
and bridge superstructures,
Proc. 4th Int. Conf. on Protection of Structures Against
Hazards, Oct. 2009, Beijing, China: 425-432.
Abstract:
Recently, the accidents of collisions between over-high trucks and bridge
superstructures happen frequently, which seriously threaten the safety
of bridges and city traffic system. Based on the simulation of collision
between over-high truck and bridge superstructures with nonlinear finite
element model, this paper discusses the main factors that influencing
the collision load, and proposes corresponding simplified calculation
model and design equations. The results of the simplified model and
the design equations are compared with the finite element model and
the comparison shows that both the proposed simplified model and design
equations are conservative and accurate enough for engineering applications.
Keywords: Over-high truck, Bridge substructures, collision, Simplified
model, Design equations
Abstract:
In order to improve the design and the capacity of anti-collision of
bridge super-structure , the mechanism of collision between over-high
truck and bridge super structure was studied. Based on actual accident
investigations and high-precision finite element simulation, classical
collision accident of bridge super structure and over-high truck was
simulated. The failure modes and displacement response of the bridge
super structure under collision of over-high truck were analyzed , and
the calculation method for collision load were discussed. Results indicate
that t he failure modes of bridge super structure impacted by collision
of over-high truck include the global and local failures, which can
be designed by the simplified half-sine collision load time history.
Keywords: bridge engineering; super structure; high-precision
finite element; design of anti-collision ; over-high truck ; failure
mode
Calculation
for the collision loads between different over-high trucks and bridge
superstructures
Proc. 7 National Conf. on the Safety Protection of Engineering
Structures, Jul. 2009, Ningbo, China: 237-242.
Nonlinear
finite element simulation for the impact between over-high truck and
bridge-superstructure
Proc. 7th Int. Conf. Shock & Impact Loads on Structures,
Oct. 17-19, 2007, Beijing, China, 387-394.
Abstract:
According to statistic data supplied by relative departments, about
half of the bridge-superstructures in Beijing have been impacted by
over-high trucks. And over 20% of the bridge-superstructure failures
in Beijing are due to over-high trucksĄŻ impact. Hence it is an important
problem that needs to be studied for the safety of the traffic system.
Current researches on the impacts between vehicles and structures are
mostly focused on ship-bridge pier, car-bridge pier and car-barrier
impact. The works on the impact between over-high truck and bridge-superstructure
is lacked. This paper presents the nonlinear finite element (FE) simulation
for the impact between over-high truck and bridge-superstructure. Besides
the nonlinearity of geometry, material and contact, a more accurate
reinforced concrete model with FE package of MSC.MARC is adopted in
the FE model to give a more realistic simulation for the bridge girders.
The whole impact process is simulated and the damages in truck and bridge-superstructures
are discussed.
Keywords: Bridge, Over-high truck, Impact, Simulation, Nonlinear
Computer
Simulation for the Impact between Over-high Truck and Composite Viaduct
Computer and Communications, 25(3), 2007, 65-69.
Abstract:
Accidents of impact between over-high trucks and viaducts happen frequently.
20% of failures of viaducts in Beijing are because of over-high trucks
impact. Detailed study on the mechanism of truck-viaduct impact is important
to assess the damage of impact to the viaducts. Due to the difficulties
of experimental research on this problem, computer simulation has obviously
advantages. The steel-concrete composite bridge has been widely used
in bridges because it can fully take the advantages of the two materials.
But due to the thin thickness of steel plate at the bottom of the bridge,
when the steel tension zone is damaged by impact, the safety of the
whole structure will be seriously threatened. So the truck impact for
composite viaducts should be considered. This paper presents the high
precision simulation for the truck- composite viaduct impact based on
high performance nonlinear finite element analysis. The computational
results show that the impact may result in serious damage to the bridges
and protective equipment should be given for composite bridges.
Key words: Composite structure, viaduct, impact, nonlinear, finite
element
Impact
Simulation for Over-high Truck and viaduct based on High Precision Nonlinear
Finite Element Analysis
Journal of Shijiazhuang Railway Institute, 20(1), 2007,
29-34.
Abstract:
Accidents of impact between over-high trucks and viaducts happen frequently.
Detailed study on the mechanism of truck-viaduct impact is important
to setup the computational method of impact. This paper presents the
high precision simulation for the truck-viaduct impact based on high
performance nonlinear finite element analysis. And the influence of
truck speed to the damage of the bridge is discussed. The computational
results can be used for the further studies on truck-viaduct impact
problem.
Key words: Impact, viaduct, truck, simulation, nonlinear
