Seismic response of cable stayed bridges under multi support excitation

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD student in Earthquake Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

3 MSc of Earthquake Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this Study, the seismic response of cable stayed bridges have been evaluated under multi-support excitations. There are three sources that cause the earthquake wave characteristics change during its propagation path. Local site effect, loss of coherency and wave passage effect are three sources of spatial variation of seismic ground motions. In long span structures, such as cable supported bridges, this phenomenon is more evident and traditional analyzing (uniform excitation) may not be valid and be conservative. Thus, it is necessary to investigate the response of cable stayed bridges under non-uniform excitations. For this purpose, the non-uniform time histories were artificially generated using Kriging method based on a set of known time history in the west support of bridge. Nonlinear time history analysis was performed and cables axial force, deck moment, pylons moment and finally drift ratio of bridge have been examined in order to investigate how non-uniform excitation change the seismic response of bridge compared with uniform excitations. Results show non-uniform excitation in some bridge components increase responses and decreases in the others. In non-uniform excitation, although total time history energy is lesser than uniform excitation, it can significantly change the distribution of the forces and makes differential displacement between cables supports and increase the possibility of failure.

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  • Receive Date: 10 March 2017
  • Revise Date: 14 May 2017
  • Accept Date: 14 June 2017

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