Abstract:Taking a highway bridge of Changjiang River as the object of study, the impact force of ship and the anti-collision ability of pier are calculated by the specifications and Midas /Civil software. The conclusion is obtained that the anti-collision ability of the bridge itself is not sufficient during the period of medium and high flood stages. Therefore, according to the characteristics and anti-collision requirements of bridge pier structure, a self-floating steel clad composite material anti-collision device is designed, and LS-DYNA software is used to build the ship-bridge collision model to simulate the different working conditions. The results show that the anti-ship collision device can effectively reduce the ship impact force on bridge piers and delay the impact time, and the peak value of ship impact force can be reduced by 30%~39%, which has a good anti-collision and energy-dissipation effects.