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 …

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 …

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 …

This paper reports the results of an extensive experimental investigation on the behavior of
shear-deficient reinforced circular RC columns under lateral impact loading. First, it provides …

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 …

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) …

Both the peak dynamic force (PDF) and the equivalent static force (ESF) of a vehicle
collision with reinforced concrete bridge columns were examined as part of an extensive …

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 …

Bridge piers designed according to the seismic specifications are likely to be subjected to
the accidental vehicular collisions during its service life cycle, while the correlations between …

RC bridge columns that are at risk for collision loading must be designed for lateral impact
load. Because bridge columns must also support axial loads, evaluating the residual axial …