Experiment and Simulation on the Anticollision Performance of a New Corrugated Steel Protection System for Bridge Piers

Table 1

Composition of the finite element model.

Component	Element	Element formulation	Size	Total number
Base	Solid	2	12  mm × 12  mm × 12  mm	58607
Column	Solid	2	12  mm × 12  mm × 12  mm	26795
Pendulum	Solid	2	12  mm × 12  mm × 12  mm	6360
M12	Beam	9	1.2  mm	45
M60	Beam	9	6  mm	220
Corrugated steel plate	Shell	2	12  mm × 12  mm	20248
Corrugated steel pipe	Shell	2	12  mm × 12  mm	26229
Ordinary steel plate	Shell	2	12  mm × 12  mm	10176
Floor	Shell	2	30  mm × 30  mm	1593
Approach slab	Shell	2	10  mm × 10  mm	567