Seismic Analysis of a Low Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge and Application of Lead Shear Damper

2011 ◽  
Vol 90-93 ◽  
pp. 1715-1719 ◽  
Author(s):  
Da Xing Zhou ◽  
Wei Ming Yan ◽  
Yan Jiang Chen ◽  
Chang Peng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Large Deformation ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Bridge Engineering ◽  
Highway Bridge ◽  
Good Prospect ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
New Type ◽  
Energy Dissipated

A low tower cable-stayed bridge with a span of 30m+60m+120m+60m+30m had been built before Guidelines for Seismic Design of Highway Bridge was promulgated. Because of its impor¬tance and specificity, it is necessary to do research on seismic performance of this bridge. According to the numerical analysis, it is found that the structural response exceeds the allowance and the bridge might be destroyed if earthquake happened. Here, energy dissipated technology is chosen to cope with this problem. But traditional lead shear damper hasn’t the capabilities of large deformation for some reason and can not be applied to bridge engineering in general case. In this article, a new type of lead shear damper with capabilities of large deformation is used to achieve energy dissipation. Through comparing, it is found that the damping effect of this new damper is as good as that of viscous damper. And the damper has no problem with leakage and metamorphism. What’s more, it is much cheaper than vis¬cous damper. So, lead shear damper has a good prospect in bridge damping.

Implementing the performance-based seismic design for new reinforced concrete structures: Comparison among ASCE/SEI 41, TBI, and LATBSDC

2021 ◽  
pp. 875529302098196
Author(s):  
Siamak Sattar ◽  
Anne Hulsey ◽  
Garrett Hagen ◽  
Farzad Naeim ◽  
Steven McCabe
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Tall Buildings ◽  
The United States ◽  
Analysis And Design ◽  
Performance Based Seismic Design ◽  
New Buildings

Performance-based seismic design (PBSD) has been recognized as a framework for designing new buildings in the United States in recent years. Various guidelines and standards have been developed to codify and document the implementation of PBSD, including “ Seismic Evaluation and Retrofit of Existing Buildings” (ASCE 41-17), the Tall Buildings Initiative’s Guidelines for Performance-Based Seismic Design of Tall Buildings (TBI Guidelines), and the Los Angeles Tall Buildings Structural Design Council’s An Alternative Procedure for Seismic Analysis and Design of Tall Buildings Located in the Los Angeles Region (LATBSDC Procedure). The main goal of these documents is to regularize the implementation of PBSD for practicing engineers. These documents were developed independently with experts from varying backgrounds and organizations and consequently have differences in several degrees from basic intent to the details of the implementation. As the main objective of PBSD is to ensure a specified building performance, these documents would be expected to provide similar recommendations for achieving a given performance objective for new buildings. This article provides a detailed comparison among each document’s implementation of PBSD for reinforced concrete buildings, with the goal of highlighting the differences among these documents and identifying provisions in which the designed building may achieve varied performance depending on the chosen standard/guideline. This comparison can help committees developing these documents to be aware of their differences, investigate the sources of their divergence, and bring these documents closer to common ground in future cycles.

Performance-based seismic design and optimization of damper devices for cable-stayed bridge

2021 ◽  
Vol 237 ◽  
pp. 112043
Author(s):  
Jianian Wen ◽  
Qiang Han ◽  
Yazhou Xie ◽  
Xiuli Du ◽  
Jian Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Design ◽  
Design And Optimization ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Performance Based Seismic Design

Nonlinear Analysis of Cable-Stayed Bridge

2014 ◽  
Vol 587-589 ◽  
pp. 1558-1562
Author(s):  
Hai Hong Mo
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Nonlinear Analysis ◽  
Large Deformation ◽  
Influence Factor ◽  
Basic Theory ◽  
Main Beam ◽  
Deformation Effect ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Cable Force

The nonlinear basic theory and nonlinear influence factor of cable-stayed bridge has been introduced. Quantitative analysis to the sag effect, beam-column effect and large deformation effect has been done based on a cable-stayed bridge. Analysis show that the sag effect, beam-column effect and large deformation effect of cable force is not obvious, but the sag effect should not been ignored in the calculation of the main beam.

Experimental Study on the Continuous Type Three-Dimensional Control of the Cable-Stayed Bridge

2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 1933-1937
Author(s):  
Jia Yun Xu ◽  
Ji Chen ◽  
Xian Wei Qu ◽  
Wen Kai Gong
Keyword(s):  
Angular Displacement ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Wind Tunnel Test ◽  
Highway Bridge ◽  
Changjiang River ◽  
Continuous Type ◽  
Torsional Response ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Bridge Model ◽  
Wind Induced Vibration

This paper takes a Chinese Changjiang River highway bridge as engineering background, and a kind of continuous three-dimensional (vertical, lateral and torsion)controllers which can apply in the large span cable-stayed bridge is presented. The controllers can control vertical, lateral and torsional response of bridge wind-induced vibration at the same time. Through comparative wind tunnel test of the bridge model with and without controllers, some important conclusions are made as follows: when the continuous three-dimensional controllers are installed on the bridge model, its flutter critical wind speed increases significantly (mostly increases 33.36%); Meanwhile, there is a certain degree of reduction in its RMS values of vertical, lateral and torsional angular displacement response.

Comparative nonlinear seismic analysis of an existing RC bridge designed with obsolete codes

2022 ◽  
pp. 136943322210747
Author(s):  
Germán Nanclares ◽  
Daniel Ambrosini ◽  
Oscar Curadelli
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Seismic Analysis ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis ◽  
Highway Bridges ◽  
Element Model ◽  
Cyclic Behavior ◽  
Transverse Reinforcement ◽  
3D Finite Element ◽  
Collapse Mechanisms

The evolution of seismic design and calculation criteria for highway bridges has a direct influence on their structural behavior. This paper presents a nonlinear dynamic analysis using a detailed 3D finite element model of an existing bridge, with different design criteria for the column transverse reinforcement, according to code requirements of different times. The numerical model is able to simulate both the collapse of the structure and the generation of damage in its elements when subjected to extreme seismic actions. Through the numerical model, it is possible to represent the cyclic behavior of the concrete, and to evaluate the influence of the transverse reinforcement assigned to the column on the overall response of the bridge. The formation of plastic hinges is verified, as well as the identification of different collapse mechanisms.

Correlation Study on Modal Frequency and Temperature Effects of a Cable-Stayed Bridge Model

2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 3264-3272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Min Sun ◽  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Xue Lian Li
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Bridge Engineering ◽  
Fe Model ◽  
Steel Cable ◽  
Transverse Beam ◽  
Expansion Joints ◽  
Cable Stayed Bridge ◽  
Bridge Model

In recent years, structural health monitoring has been paid more and more attention in bridge engineering community. Previous researches showed that ambient temperature was one of principal factors affecting structural modal parameters in long-term. In this paper, an experimental study on correlation between dynamic properties of a cable-stayed bridge and its structural temperature was performed under temperature controlled laboratory environment. Using hammer impacting method, a dynamic testing was conducted based on a steel cable-stayed bridge model which had a span layout of 0.9+1.9+0.9m. During the experiment, the first six vertical bending modes under the environmental temperature of 0, 20 and 40°C were identified with the consideration of three kinds of boundary conditions at the deck’s ends as to two degrees of freedom, i.e. the longitudinal translation (UX) and the rotation about the transverse beam (RotZ). The above boundary conditions are UX & RotZ not constrained, UX constrained only and UX & RotZ constrained, attempting to simulate the different conditions of the bridge expansion joints. The efforts were paid to explain the physical mechanism of the results based on the updated FE model. This experimental study indicates a tendency that the frequency of the cable-stayed bridge model decreases with the increase of temperature. And furthermore, the relative difference of frequencies between 0 and 40 °C is affected by boundary conditions; in other words, when the deck is free to expand, the variation of model’s frequencies is smaller than that when the deck is restrained to expand, which is similar to the condition of the bridge’s expansion joints cannot work as normal. This experimental study can give some reference to the research of SHM and damage identification for cable-stayed bridges.

Seismic Safety Evaluation for Mountainous Highway Bridge Based on Risk Matrix

2011 ◽  
Vol 255-260 ◽  
pp. 4212-4216
Author(s):  
Gong Yuan Xie ◽  
Zhang Yue
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Design ◽  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Safety Evaluation ◽  
Technical Support ◽  
Highway Bridge ◽  
Risk Matrix ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
Seismic Safety Evaluation

Risk matrix is applied to evaluate seismic risk on mountainous bridge. In this article, a continuous bridge is used as example to analyze the seismic risk of key position under a usual earthquake. Related control method is proposed to provide technical support for bridge seismic design and operation maintenance.

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation of Novel Corrugated Steel Deck under Construction Load for Composite Slim-Flooring

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 208
Author(s):  
Keerthana John ◽  
Mahmud Ashraf ◽  
Matthias Weiss ◽  
Riyadh Al-Ameri
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Structural Response ◽  
Design Strength ◽  
Experimental Scheme ◽  
Rapid Construction ◽  
Steel Sections ◽  
New Type ◽  
Support Conditions ◽  
Under Construction ◽  
Concrete Casting

Trapezoidal-shaped thin-walled metallic profiled sheets are used in composite floor construction to enable rapid construction and reduce reinforcement and formwork requirements in concrete casting. However, relevant literature reported the early failure of steel sections due to the buckling and shear of existing trapezoidal and re-entrant decking profiles. There are also limitations regarding design rules for composite flooring systems. Current work aims to develop a new type of composite top-hat section for possible use in composite slim-floor construction. Sinusoidal metallic corrugated sheets that are widely used in building construction were utilized and a new bending technique was used to produce deck components, in which transverse corrugations were introduced along the main direction of the corrugated profile. This paper investigates the structural response of these new sections for several loading and support conditions using a pilot experimental scheme. The developed top-hat sections demonstrated considerable resistance to bending as well as buckling through effective stress re-distributions under considered construction stage loading for single span and continuous span conditions. Currently available design equations recommended by Australian Standards for a similar type of corrugated decks were used to predict the design strength and to compare it with those obtained experimentally. It was concluded that the expressions proposed by the code were inadequate for single span loading cases and would require modifications before being applied to the new profile.

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