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Table 1 Similitude ratios of physical quantities for the dynamic test.

From: Dynamic Response Analysis of Coastal Piled Bridge Pier Subjected to Current, Wave and Earthquake Actions with Different Structure Orientations

Physical quantity

Scale factor

Value

Length

\({S}_{l}\)

20

Area

\({S}_{A}={S}_{l}^{2}\)

400

Velocity of flow

\({S}_{u}={S}_{l}^{0.5}\)

4.47

Quantity of flow

\({S}_{Q}={S}_{l}^{2.5}\)

1788.8

Elastic modulus

\({S}_{E}\)

20

Stiffness

\({S}_{k}={{S}_{E}S}_{l}\)

400

Density

\({S}_{\rho }={S}_{E}/{S}_{l}\)

1

Mass

\({S}_{m}={S}_{\rho }{S}_{l}^{3}\)

8000

Force

\({S}_{F}={S}_{l}^{3}\)

8000

Pressure

\({S}_{P}={S}_{l}\)

20

Strain

\({S}_{\varepsilon }\)

1

Stress

\({S}_{\sigma }={S}_{\varepsilon }{S}_{E}\)

20

Displacement

\({S}_{x}={S}_{l}\)

20

Acceleration

\({S}_{a}={S}_{x}/ {S}_{t}^{2}\)

1

Time

\({S}_{t}={({S}_{m}/ {S}_{k})}^{0.5}={{S}_{l}}^{0.5}\)

4.47

Frequency

\({S}_{f}={1/S}_{t}\)

1/4.47