Analysis of Impact Loads from Full-Scale, Low-Velocity, Controlled Barge Impact Experiments, December 1998

Abstract

In 1993, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, issued the first formal Corps-wide analysis procedure providing guidance for analyzing the effects of barge impact loading on navigation structures. According to the engineering procedure of Engineer Technical Letter (ETL) 1110-2-338, the magnitude of the impact forces generated by a particular collision event is dependent on the mass (including hydrodynamic added mass of the barge flotilla), the approach velocity, the approach angle, the barge flotilla moment of inertia, damage sustained by the barge structure, and friction between the barge and the wall. The analytical method uses the structural interaction mechanism of Minorsky, which provides an empirical relationship between the (nonrecoverable) hull deformation and the energy absorbed in a collision. The relationship between kinetic energy lost in a collision and the volume of in-plane (barge) material damaged is used to determine impact force as a relationship to instantaneous contact area of damaged structure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA415165

Entities

People

  • Bruce C. Barker
  • Jose R. Arroyo
  • Robert M. Ebeling

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Impact Loads
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Linear Momentum
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Mechanics
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Momentum
  • Navigation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics