Performance-based response evaluation of reinforced concrete columns subject to vehicle impact

• Published in: International journal of impact engineering Vol. 43; pp. 52 - 62
• Main Authors: Sharma, H., Hurlebaus, S., Gardoni, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Bridge; Building structure; Buildings. Public works; Capacity; Columns (structural); Concrete structure; Construction (buildings and works); Damage; Demand; Design engineering; Dynamics; Estimates; Exact sciences and technology; Finite element analysis; Fracture mechanics (crack, fatigue, damage...); Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Marketing; Physics; Reinforced concrete; Reinforced concrete structure; Reinforcing steels; Solid mechanics; Static elasticity (thermoelasticity...); Structural and continuum mechanics; Vehicle Collision; Vehicles; Demand; Finite element analysis; Capacity; Vehicle Collision; Bridge; Metallic structure; Motor car; Modeling; Finite element method; Column; Static analysis; Civil engineering; Hazard; Damaging; Collapse; Prestress; Terrorism; Quasi static theory; Experimental study; Road signalling; Reinforced concrete; Bridges; Concrete construction; Blast wave; Beam column structure; Mechanical shock

Structures are often subject to vehicle collision. A collision can be accidental, in the case of a vehicle going astray, or intentional, as in a terrorist attack. Bridge columns, building columns, traffic signal structures, and electric poles are the most vulnerable structural members to vehicle col...