Experimental Study on the Damage of Bridge Pier under the Impact of Rockfall

Table 9

Comparison between the calculated values and the measured values of the maximum impact.

Specimen	Falling height (m)	Measured maximum impact force (kN)	Calculated maximum impact force (kN)	Absolute value of error (%)
S4.1-1	1	123.96	126.78	2.27
S4.1-2	2	175.31	175.05	0.15
S4.1-3	3	214.71	217.43	1.27
S4.1-4	4	247.92	248.06	0.06
S8.3-1	1	82.64	82.67	0.04
S8.3-2	2	116.87	115.52	1.16
S8.3-3	3	143.14	144.60	1.02
S8.3-4	4	165.29	166.60	0.79
S2.1-1	1	61.98	61.09	1.44
S2.1-2	2	87.65	87.47	0.20
S2.1-3	3	107.35	106.39	0.89
S2.1-4	4	123.96	124.22	0.21