Next Generation Hybrid Columns to Mitigate Vehicular Impacts. Vehicular crashes into infrastructure result in huge economic and societal costs. This project aims to protect roadside bridge and buildin

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Next Generation Hybrid Columns to Mitigate Vehicular Impacts. Vehicular crashes into infrastructure result in huge economic and societal costs. This project aims to protect roadside bridge and building columns from structural failure due to vehicular crashes. The project innovation is development of high-performance tube columns with rubberized concrete infill for application at vulnerable locations in bridges/buildings to mitigate their risks to damage. These columns with enhanced impact resistance are optimized using materials technology. Expected outcomes include a new strategy for impact protection, theoretical model and design guidance of this column which provide enhanced safety for vulnerable infrastructure and increase international competitiveness of Australian construction industries.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4005 - Civil Engineering. Lead: Prof Tommy Chan