Effect of pier height and support flexibility on seismic response of bridges including poundings

Yang, Ziqi; Meng, Dongliang; Chouw, Nawawi

doi:10.1177/13694332221080612

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“…Through shake table experiments, Qin and Chouw 24 revealed the important role of footing mass in controlling the amplitude of rocking. The beneficial effect of footing rocking in reducing the maximum bending moment at the pier support was highlighted by Yang et al 25,26 through physical experiments.…”

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Experimental evaluation of the role of slenderness in seismic behaviour of bridges with rockable footing

Yang,

Lyu,

et al. 2023

Earthq Engng Struct Dyn

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Observations in major earthquakes have shown that rockable structures suffered less to no damage. During rocking, that is, partial and temporary footing separations, the influx of seismic energy is interrupted and thus the impact of the base excitation is reduced. Rocking causes the structure to deform more rigid like. Consequently, the structure experiences less deformation along the height and thus a lower damage potential. Although many researchers have studied the influence of rockable footings, most of these are either analytical or numerical, and only a very few structures have been built with rockable footings worldwide, for example, the chimney at Christchurch Airport and the South Rangitikei Viaduct in New Zealand. Despite these studies, a thorough and understanding is not yet available, especially with respect to experimental validations. This work is the first to investigate the rocking behaviour of bridges with different slenderness using large‐scale shake table experiments. To limit the number of influence factors, a stiff footing support and the same fixed‐base fundamental frequency of the bridges were assumed. The result shows that the girder displacement and the footing rotation of the tall bridge do not always move in phase, which cannot be observed in the short bridge. The results demonstrate the important role of slenderness in the overall responses of rockable bridges. This behaviour cannot be observed in bridges with a commonly assumed fixed base since the slenderness effect cannot be activated.

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Experimental evaluation of the role of slenderness in seismic behaviour of bridges with rockable footing

Yang,

Lyu,

et al. 2023

Earthq Engng Struct Dyn

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Research on the Pounding Response and Pounding Effect of a Continuous Rigid-Frame Bridge with Fabricated Super-High Piers Connected by Grouting Sleeves

Wang

Huang

et al. 2022

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The dynamic characteristics of a continuous rigid-frame bridge with fabricated super-high piers (CRFB-FSP) connected by grouting sleeves and adjacent continuous beam bridges (AB) are significantly different, and they are prone to pounding under earthquake excitation. At present, the pounding response between the CRFB-FSP and AB is still unclear, and the impact of the pounding on the seismic performance of a CRFB-FSP is still in the exploratory stage. In this study, two 1/20 scaled models of a CRFB-FSP (MB) and a cast-in-place AB were designed and manufactured. Then, according to the research purpose and the output performance of the shaking table, three each of non-long-period (NLP) ground motions and near-fault pulse-type (NFPT) ground motions were selected as the inputs of the excitation shaking table test. The peak ground acceleration (PGA) changes from 0.5 g to 1.5 g. According to the similarity ratio (1/20), the initial gap between the MB and AB was taken as 7 mm (prototype design: 140 mm). Furthermore, the longitudinal pounding response between the CFRB-FSP and AB, as well as its influence on the seismic performance of the CFRB-FSP, was systematically investigated through a shaking table test and finite element analysis (FEA). The results showed that the pounding with the CRFB-FSP easily caused a persistent pounding, which may increase the damage risk of the pier. The peak pounding force under the NFPT ground motion was more significant than under the NLP ground motion, whereas the pounding number under the NFPT ground motion was smaller. The peak pounding force increased with the increase in the initial gap, pounding stiffness, span, and pier height. With and without pounding, the CRFB-FSP reflected higher-order mode participation (HMP) characteristics. After pounding, under the NFPT excitation, the HMP contribution increased significantly compared with that of the without pounding condition, while this effect under the NLP excitation was smaller. The peak displacement of the main beam of the CRFB-FSP increased with the increase in the main beam span, pier height and initial gap. The peak bending moment of the pier bottom increased with the increase in the main beam span and initial gap, however, decreased with the increase in the pier height. Moreover, the peak displacement of the main beam and the peak moment of the pier bottom of the CRFB-FSP both reduced. In contrast, the corresponding seismic response of the AB increased under the same conditions.

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Effect of pier height and support flexibility on seismic response of bridges including poundings

Cited by 2 publications

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Experimental evaluation of the role of slenderness in seismic behaviour of bridges with rockable footing

Experimental evaluation of the role of slenderness in seismic behaviour of bridges with rockable footing

Research on the Pounding Response and Pounding Effect of a Continuous Rigid-Frame Bridge with Fabricated Super-High Piers Connected by Grouting Sleeves

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