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:
  Bridge Design Bridge Engineering Bridge Substructures Design Load Failure Analysis Finite Element Method Ship Collisions Software Waterways
• 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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6d13cc73bb00e27713c60471cc963f9f2bec5023209d2ae3a760c23cff37655d
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27744/dot_27744_DS1.pdf
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