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Title: FULL-SCALE BARGE IMPACT EXPERIMENTS
Accession Number: 00794733
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: This paper describes the full-scale barge impact experiments recently conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). These experiments were performed by the USAE Waterways Experiment Station to assist in the verification of the current barge impact methodologies being utilized in the design of inland waterway navigation structures. These full-scale experiments utilized four- and fifteen-barge tow configurations. The flotillas were fully ballasted to approximately 9 ft (3 m) of draft and laid out with state-of-the-art instrumentation to record the actual impact force and the behavior of the flotilla during impact. The angles and speeds of the tow at impact during these experiments ranged from 0.5 to 4.1 ft (0.2 to 1.2 m) per second, at angles of impact from 5 to 30 deg. Full-scale experiments were also conducted on a prototype energy-absorbing fendering system designed especially for inland waterway structures. The results from these experiments will be used to further define and develop the barge impact numerical models and assist with design procedures to be used in USACE innovative lock design.
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Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 00794729
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Patev, R CPagination: p. 36-42
Publication Date: 1999-12
Serial: Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Marine Transportation; Research
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Jun 19 2000 12:00AM
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