Protection of bridge piers against ship collision
Author:
- Holger SvenssonHSHolger Svensson
Open Access
- 25 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Steel Construction
- Vol. 2 (1) , 21-32
Abstract
This article outlines the development of pier protection against ship collision over the last 25 years. The calculation of impact forces is developed from general formulas for equivalent loads, based on collision tests, to numerical FEM simulations. Comparisons between the results are given. Examples of the structural protection of 18 bridges are described.Keywords
This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
- Die Geh- und Radwegbrücke Kehl - StrasbourgStahlbau, 2005
- Formfindung und Entwurfsplanung des– Spinnaker Tower in PortsmouthBautechnik, 2004
- Die neue Neckarbrücke zwischen Kirchheim und GemmrigheimStahlbau, 1998
- THE CONCRETE CABLE-STAYED HELGELAND BRIDGE IN NORWAY.Civil Engineering, 1996
- Ship collision with bridges1993