A performance-based adaptive methodology for the seismic evaluation of multi-span simply supported deck bridges |
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Authors: | Donatello Cardone Giuseppe Perrone Salvatore Sofia |
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Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece;(2) Division of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece |
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Abstract: | A performance-based adaptive methodology for the seismic assessment of highway bridges is proposed. The proposed methodology
is based on an Inverse (I), Adaptive (A) application of the Capacity Spectrum Method (CSM), with the capacity curve of the
bridge derived through a Displacement-based Adaptive Pushover (DAP) analysis. For this reason, the acronym IACSM is used to
identify the proposed methodology. A number of Performance Levels (PLs), for which the seismic vulnerability and seismic risk
of the bridge shall be evaluated, are identified. Each PL is associated to a number of Damage States (DSs) of the critical
members of the bridge (piers, abutments, joints and bearing devices). The IACSM provides the earthquake intensity level (PGA)
corresponding to the attainment of the selected DSs, using over-damped elastic response spectra as demand curves. The seismic
vulnerability of the bridge is described by means of fragility curves, derived based on the PGA values associated to each
DS. The seismic risk of the bridge is evaluated as convolution integral of the product between the fragility curves and the
seismic hazard curve of the bridge site. In this paper, the key aspects and basic assumptions of the proposed methodology
are presented first. The IACSM is then applied to nine existing simply supported deck bridges, characterized by different
types of piers and bearing devices. Finally, the IACSM predictions are compared with the results of nonlinear response time-history
analysis, carried out using a set of seven ground motions scaled to the expected PGA values. |
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