scholarly journals EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE ANALYSIS FOR RC BRIDGE PIERS CONSIDERING REINFORCEMENT BUCKLING BEHAVIOR

2003 ◽  
pp. 225-239
Author(s):  
Tomohiro MIKI ◽  
Junichiro NIWA ◽  
Manakan LERTSAMATTIYAKUL
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takuma Rokutani ◽  
Kazutoshi Nagata ◽  
Takeshi Kitahara

<p>In Japan, many steel structures were constructed during the period of the high economic miracle, and they are now more than 50 years old and are aging. Corrosion has been confirmed at corners and the boundary of concrete-wrapped concrete in steel piers. It was found that corrosion damage at the corner of steel piers causes a decrease of seismic performance in our previous investigations that carried out seismic response analysis. Subsequently, in this study, the effect of corrosion damage at the near ground edge of steel bridge piers with a rectangular cross-section was investigated in detail on the buckling behaviour and seismic performance of structures. As a result, it is found that the buckling at the base causes a decrease in load bearing performance compared to the buckling in the entire panel. It is necessary to properly maintain to prevent buckling at the base caused by corrosion.</p>


2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuyi Zhang ◽  
Joel P. Conte ◽  
Zhaohui Yang ◽  
Ahmed Elgamal ◽  
Jacobo Bielak ◽  
...  

This paper presents a two-dimensional advanced nonlinear FE model of an actual bridge, the Humboldt Bay Middle Channel (HBMC) Bridge, and its response to seismic input motions. This computational model is developed in the new structural analysis software framework OpenSees. The foundation soil is included to incorporate soil-foundation-structure interaction effects. Realistic nonlinear constitutive models for cyclic loading are used for the structural (concrete and reinforcing steel) and soil materials. The materials in the various soil layers are modeled using multi-yield-surface plasticity models incorporating liquefaction effects. Lysmer-type absorbing/transmitting boundaries are employed to avoid spurious wave reflections along the boundaries of the computational soil domain. Both procedures and results of earthquake response analysis are presented. The simulation results indicate that the earthquake response of the bridge is significantly affected by inelastic deformations of the supporting soil medium due to lateral spreading induced by soil liquefaction.


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