A Simulation Study on the Square Bridge Piers Subjected to Vehicle Collision

The number of bridge piers collapse had been major issue that results in disastrous consequences as the number collision between pier and vehicle has increased rapidly for the past few years. The current code of assessment for the bridge pier design are suggested to be not enough to be consider in a dynamic impact force. Hence, this research has been conducted to further study the impact force generated from the heavy truck vehicle to a bridge pier with different parameter studies and to reviewed the design impact force currently used. Software LS-PrePost and LS-DYNA are suggested and recommended to be used to simulate the collision between vehicle and piers in finite elements forms that can analyze the impact force based on complex scenarios. Different model of truck are used to collide with a different size of square bridge pier in scope of study. The Ford F800 Series 8-tons and HGV 16-ton heavy truck are used in this project. Different cases and parameters will be included to analyze the behavior for the impact collision.