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1 Civil Engineering Department, Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Avenue H. Badi, El Harrach, 16200 Algiers, DZ
Source
Current Science, Vol 112, No 02 (2017), Pagination: 355-363
Abstract
Current engineering practice pays little attention, if any, to nonlinear abutment-backfill soil interaction (ABSI) effects on seismic behaviour of bridges. The primary focus of this article is to assess the influence of ABSI on the progressive seismic failure of bridge structures. Emphasis is placed on the significance of ABSI effects, including abutment behaviour and backfill soil flexibility. Nonlinear dynamic analysis is performed using a bilinear hysteretic model for the bridge superstructure and nonlinear characteristics of the expansion joint. Results indicate that ABSI has a significant effect on the seismic response in the longitudinal direction and can effectively reduce bridge seismic demands. ABSI affects rotational ductility demand at pier ends of the bridges, relative displacements, pounding and axial forces in the restrainers. Thus, it is essential that numerical models used in seismic assessment of bridge structures properly consider abutment-backfill interaction.
Keywords
Abutment–Backfill Soil Interaction, Highway Bridges, Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis, Seismic Failure.
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