State-of-the-art review on responses of RC structures subjected to lateral impact loads

C Zhang, G Gholipour, AA Mousavi - Archives of Computational Methods …, 2021 - Springer
Reinforced concrete structures and structural members used in strategic infrastructures such
as highway bridges, high-rise buildings, etc. are inherently subjected to lateral impact loads …

An experimental and numerical study of reinforced conventional concrete and ultra-high performance concrete columns under lateral impact loads

J Wei, J Li, C Wu - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental and numerical study on the dynamic behaviour of
axially-loaded reinforced conventional concrete (RC) and ultra-high performance concrete …

Reliability analysis and design optimization of nonlinear structures

P Ni, J Li, H Hao, W Yan, X Du, H Zhou - Reliability engineering & system …, 2020 - Elsevier
Reliability analysis and design optimization of structures have been gaining a significant
amount of attention in recent decades. Most of the current studies are based on linear …

Experimental and numerical study on the impact resistance of ultra-high performance concrete strengthened RC beams

J Wei, J Li, C Wu, H Hao, J Liu - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
To enhance the impact resistance of built reinforced concrete (RC) members, the
effectiveness of using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for strengthening RC …

Assessing the response and fragility of concrete bridges under multi-hazard effect of vessel impact and corrosion

W Fan, Y Sun, C Yang, W Sun, Y He - Engineering structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Bridges crossing navigable waterways have a high risk for vessel collision hazard, and are
meanwhile experiencing significant 'aging'hazard due to the surrounding aggressive …

Dynamic behavior and damage mechanisms of reinforced concrete piers subjected to truck impact

W Zhao, J Ye, J Qian - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, the dynamic behavior and damage mechanisms of reinforced concrete (RC)
piers subjected to truck impact are investigated using finite-element (FE) simulations in LS …

Research progress and prospects on pier-type submerged floating tunnels

Y Lu, Z Liu, W Xu - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Submerged floating tunnels (SFTs) represent a promising innovative transportation
infrastructure, offering advantages for crossing long, large, and deep bodies of water in the …

Flexible guided anti-collision device for bridge pier protection against ship collision: Numerical simulation and ship collision field test

F Wang, HJ Chang, BH Ma, YG Wang, LM Yang, J Liu… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
The flexible guided anti-collision device (FGAD) can prolong the impact time between ship
and pier, so that the ship has enough time and space to turn and deviate from the pier. In this …

An efficient axial-flexure-shear fiber beam model for dynamic analyses of beam–column framed structural systems under impact loading

W Wang, F Zhou, J Zhong - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Impact loadings induced by collisions from an external impacting object (eg a vessel, a
vehicle) severely threaten the safety of our infrastructural systems such as bridges and …

Dynamic behaviors of double-column RC bridge subjected to barge impact

TL Chen, H Wu, Q Fang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims to study the dynamic responses and damage patterns of the prototype
inland double-column RC bridge subjected to barge impact. Firstly, by utilizing a horizontal …