Lateral Torsional Buckling of Steel Beams under Transverse Impact Loading

Table 3

Comparisons of deflection on mid-span from tests and numerical simulations.

Specimen number	Constraint		(mm)		(mm)
		(m/s)	Experiment	Simulation	Experiment	Simulation
#A1-1	Fixed–fixed	1.98	0.90	0.98	4.10	3.10
#A1-3	Fixed–fixed	3.13	0.90	0.88	9.80	8.40
#A1-4	Fixed–fixed	4.43	9.80	9.80	21.70	16.80
#A1-5	Fixed–fixed	6.26	20.90	26.90	46.10	45.20
#B3-1	Fixed–fixed	4.43	24.20	18.20	21.30	19.50
#B3-2	Fixed–fixed	5.42	46.36	31.70	51.30	35.30
#B3-3	Fixed–fixed	6.26	80.10	43.70	67.70	44.40
#C2-1	Fixed–fixed	4.43	7.10	5.09	3.40	4.08
#C2-2	Fixed–fixed	5.42	10.94	9.53	3.40	3.00
#C2-3	Fixed–fixed	6.26	16.56	12.60	2.06	1.53