Development of FB-MultiPier dynamic vessel-collision analysis models, phase 2.

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• Creators:
  Chung, Jae H. ; Davidson, Michael T. ;   ; Monari, Clinton J. ; Bollmann, Henry ; Patil, Anand 
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Florida. Bridge Software Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Waterways
  • Ship collisions
  • Bridge substructures
  • Finite element method
  • Software
  • Bridge design
  • Bridge engineering
  • Failure analysis
  • Design load
• Publication/ Report Number:
  BDV31-977-17 ; UF Project No. 00113885 
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Florida
• Corporate Publisher:
  Florida. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  Massive waterway vessels such as barges regularly transit navigable waterways in the U.S. During passages that fall within ; the vicinity of bridge structures, vessels may (under extreme circumstances) deviate from the intended vessel transit path. A ; vessel that has become aberrant may subsequently collide with any nearby bridge substructure components (e.g., piers). ; When vessel-bridge collisions occur, large lateral dynamic forces are exerted upon the impacted bridge substructure ; component. The occurrence of collision-induced bridge failures has led to requirements for the design of bridges for vessel ; collision in the U.S. Over the past decade, significant advances have been made by a group of researchers and engineers at ; the University of Florida (UF), in collaboration with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), toward the ; development of design-oriented vessel bridge collision analysis techniques. Based on these collective efforts, the current ; project was undertaken to implement computationally-efficient numerical modeling capabilities in the bridge finite element ; analysis software FB-MultiPier (FBMP) for use in calculations of impact design loads and predictions of bridge response. ; Contained in this report is detailed documentation of the graphical and analytical FBMP development of a simplified bridge ; modeling technique and a numerically efficient nonlinear dynamic vessel collision analysis technique. The newly ; implemented software features have been validated from a correctness of coding standpoint, and the predictive capabilities ; of the features have been demonstrated. By making use of the validated FBMP new features, bridge engineers can rapidly ; produce and conveniently quantify vessel collision analysis results that account for dynamic phenomena.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27744/dot_27744_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6d13cc73bb00e27713c60471cc963f9f2bec5023209d2ae3a760c23cff37655d