Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference (한국지진공학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2001.04a
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- Pages.353-360
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- 2001
Dynamic Behavior Analysis of a Bridge Considering Nonlinearity of R/C Piers under Bi-Directional Seismic Excitations
R/C 교각의 비선형성을 고려한 교량시스템의 2방향 지진거동분석
Abstract
An analysis procedure of 2-dimensional bridge dynamics has been developed by using force-deformation model, which simulates the pier motion under biaxial bending due to the bi-directional input seismic excitations. A three-dimensional mechanical model is utilized, which can consider the other major phenomena such as pounding, rotation of the superstructure, abutment stiffness degradation, and motions of the foundation motions. The bi-directional dynamic behaviors of the bridge are then examined by investigating the relative displacements of each oscillator to the ground. It is found that the nonlinearity of the pier due to biaxial bending affects the pier motions, but the global bridge behaviors are greatly governed by the pounding phenomena and stiffness degradation of the abutment-backfill system. Especially, the relative displacement of the abutment system (A2) with movable supports to the ground is increased about 30% due to the abutment stiffness degradation.
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