Nonlinear Dynamic Response and Assessment of Bridges under Barge Impact with Scour Depth Effects
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 34, Issue 4
Abstract
The lateral impact of barges is a vital load case for river-crossing bridges. In addition, flood-induced scour has been recognized as a leading cause of bridge failure. However, current bridge performance assessment often takes the original bridge configuration as the basis for analyzing such impact without considering the effects of scour depth. In this paper, high-resolution finite-element (FE) based modeling is conducted to investigate barge impact on the nonlinear response of a pile-supported bridge with variable scour depths. The significant findings are multifold. First, it is favorable to find that the peak impact force and the crush deformation in the bow of the barge generally do not change significantly as scour depth varies. However, it is cautious to note that the peak displacement at the pier and the local deformation in the piles significantly increases as scour depth increases. It is stated that these findings and the method in this paper can assist in the quantitative assessment of the performance of river-crossing bridges in service and may provide information for the development of the next-generation bridge design specifications regarding barge impact.
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Data Availability Statement
Some or all data, models, or code generated or used during the study are available from the corresponding author by request, including the bridge model, the FE modeling codes, and the post-processing results.
Acknowledgments
The first author thanks the support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant No. 51708484, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province through Grant No. BK20170511, and Natural Science Foundation of the Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province through Grant No. 17KJB580010. Both authors acknowledge the support of a University of Missouri Research Board Grant (“Design-oriented Scoured Foundation Modelling for Bridge Performance Analysis”).
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Volume 34 • Issue 4 • August 2020
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Received: Jul 15, 2019
Accepted: Jan 27, 2020
Published online: May 6, 2020
Published in print: Aug 1, 2020
Discussion open until: Oct 6, 2020
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