LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 2.1: TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF TOWBOATS ON THE

INLAND WATERWAYS SYSTEM
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TABLE 2.2: TYPICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BARGES ON THE
INLAND WATERWATS SYSTEM
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TABLE 2.3: LOAD FACTOR AND LOAD COMBINATION
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TABLE 3.1: LOAD FACTOR AND LOAD COMBINATION
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TABLE 3.1: LOAD FACTOR AND LOAD COMBINATION

59LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE 2.1: BRIDGE OF SPAIN (1850)
FIGURE 2.2: STONE BRIDGE (1860s)
FIGURE 2.3: JONES BRIDGE

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FIGURE 2.4: JONES BRIDGE (1932)

FIGURE 2.5: DESTRUCTION PORTION OF JONES BRIDGE (1945)
FIGURE 2.6: JONES BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION (1946)
FIGURE 2.7: TYPICAL BARGE TOW CHARACTERISTICS (AASHTO, 2009)
FIGURE 2.8: TYPICAL BARGE CONFIGURATION (AASHTO, 2009)
FIGURE 2.9: THREE COMMON TYPES OF BARGE
FIGURE 2.10: TASMAN BRIDGE DISASTER
FIGURE 2.11: JINTANG BRIDGE
FIGURE 2.12: BIG BAYOU CANOT BRIDGE
FIGURE 2.13: TYPICAL PIER GEOMETRY
FIGURE 2.14: DYNAMIC IMPACT FORCE PLOTTED AGAINST TIME
FIGURE 2.15: IMPACT FORCE (KNOTT)

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FIGURE 3.1: JONES BRIDGE PIERS CROSS SECTION AUTOCAD MODEL

FIGURE 3.2: JONES BRIDGE PIERS CROSS SECTION SPCOLUMN MODEL
FIGURE 3.3: INTERACTION DIAGRAM OF THE CALCULATED SEISMIC
FORCE AND SEISMIC CAPACITY OF JONES BRIDGE PIER
FIGURE 3.4: IMPACT FORCE PB AND BARGE DAMAGE LENGTH B IN
RELATION TO THE KINETIC IMPACT ENERGY EK FOR
CIRCULAR PIERS

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