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 …

Vehicle collision with RC structures: A state-of-the-art review

X Xu, H Zhang, X Du, Q Liu - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
The paper reviews the state-of-art in the studies of RC structures subjected to vehicle
collision. Failure modes, influencing factors and impact force response of different RC …

Dynamic responses and failure modes of bridge columns under vehicle collision

TV Do, TM Pham, H Hao - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
The dynamic responses and failure modes of reinforced concrete bridge columns under
vehicle collision have been numerically investigated in this study by using a numerical …

Nonlinear numerical analysis and progressive damage assessment of a cable-stayed bridge pier subjected to ship collision

G Gholipour, C Zhang, AA Mousavi - Marine Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite many studies on barge collisions with girder bridges in the literature, this paper
investigates the progressive damage behaviors and nonlinear failure modes of a cable …

Impact force profile and failure classification of reinforced concrete bridge columns against vehicle impact

TV Do, TM Pham, H Hao - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Numerical simulations are utilized in this study to define the impact force profile generated
by vehicle collisions on reinforced concrete bridge columns (RCBCs) and classify the …

Performance and sensitivity analysis of UHPFRC-strengthened bridge columns subjected to vehicle collisions

W Fan, X Xu, Z Zhang, X Shao - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
Bridge columns made of normal concrete are evidenced to be susceptible to vehicle
collisions. Particularly in the United States, vehicle collision has become one of the primary …

Effects of axial load on nonlinear response of RC columns subjected to lateral impact load: Ship-pier collision

G Gholipour, C Zhang, AA Mousavi - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, the effects of axial load on dynamic responses and failure behaviors of
reinforced concrete (RC) columns subjected to lateral impact loading are evaluated using …

Dynamic responses of highway bridge subjected to heavy truck impact

K Heng, R Li, Z Li, H Wu - Engineering structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to numerically analyze the dynamic responses and damage/failure of bridge
substructure during the vehicle-pier collisions, by employing the refined finite element (FE) …

Performance-based design of bridge piers under vehicle collision

S Auyeung, A Alipour, D Saini - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a novel damage ratio index (DRI) that can be used to define the
expected damage due to impact scenarios of vehicles striking bridge piers. The DRI is …

Efficient modeling of flexural and shear behaviors in reinforced concrete beams and columns subjected to low-velocity impact loading

W Fan, B Liu, X Huang, Y Sun - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Detailed finite element (FE) models with 3-D solid elements are typically used to simulate
impact behaviors of reinforced concrete (RC) beams and columns. However, the method …