Reinforced concrete structures and structural members used in strategic infrastructures such as highway bridges, high-rise buildings, etc. are inherently subjected to lateral impact loads arising from the collision of vehicles, vessels, falling rocks, and rigid objects having different impact geometries, weights, and velocities. Due to the brittle nature of concrete materials, both localized and overall failure modes are very likely to occur in concrete structures under dynamic and impulsive loads. Hence, many attempts have been carried out in the literature to recognize the failure behaviors and to assess the vulnerability of concrete structure under lateral impact loads. This paper presents a comprehensive state-of-the-art review on the responses and failure behaviors of various types of concrete structures and structural members subjected to lateral impact loads based on analytical, numerical, and experimental studies carried out by the previous research works. In addition, the influences of various structural- and load-related parameters on the impact resistance and failure behaviors of different concrete structures under lateral impact loads are reviewed.

战略性基础设施（如公路桥梁，高层建筑等）中使用的钢筋混凝土结构和结构构件固有地承受由车辆，船只，下落的岩石和具有不同冲击几何形状，重量的刚性物体碰撞产生的横向冲击载荷和速度。由于混凝土材料的脆性，在动态和脉冲载荷下，混凝土结构很可能会发生局部和整体破坏模式。因此，在文献中已经进行了许多尝试来识别破坏行为并评估在横向冲击载荷下混凝土结构的脆弱性。本文根据先前研究工作进行的分析，数值和实验研究，对承受横向冲击载荷的各种类型混凝土结构和构件的响应和破坏行为进行了全面的技术综述。此外，还综述了各种结构和载荷相关参数对侧向冲击载荷下不同混凝土结构的抗冲击性和破坏行为的影响。