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AssigneeBoard of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
InventorsGeorge Z. Voyiadjis, Sherif El-Tawil
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A system is disclosed for protecting supporting structures, such as those of a bridge or other such marine supporting structure, from the force of an impact of a vehicle/vessel. Such a system includes a plurality of modular components arranged in series and configured to dissipate the energy of the force through the progressive buckling of one or more of the modular components. Each modular component contains an energy dissipation unit that includes a plurality of adjacent cells. The energy of the force is dissipated in the buckling of the walls of the cells of the energy dissipation units through the formation of one or more plastic hinges and/or volume reduction of the cells.
A method for dissipating an applied force, comprising:
A method of dissipating a force, comprising:
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