期刊
ENGINEERING STRUCTURES
卷 31, 期 10, 页码 2345-2356出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.05.010
关键词
Pounding mitigation; Expansion joint; Seismic design; Shock absorber; Unseating prevention; Restrainers; Isolated bridges
Damage of adjacent bridge structures due to relative responses, such as pounding and unseating, have been observed in many earthquakes. The isolators in bridge structures are effective in mitigating the induced seismic forces. However, the deck displacement becomes excessively large when subjected to ground motion with unexpected characteristics. This increases the possibility of pounding; and contributes to the unseating of bridge decks and subsequent collapse. An analytical model of expansion joints, that takes account of the interaction between adjacent bridge segments and the effect of impact and restrainers, is developed and nonlinear time history analyses are performed on a typical isolated multi-span bridge using three standard ground motions. The numerical simulation results show that pounding between adjacent bridge segments could amplify the relative displacement, resulting in the requirement of using an unseating prevention system. Restrainers are substantially effective in reducing the relative opening displacements and impact forces due to Pounding at the expansion joints. However, the impact and the stretch of cable restrainers at expansion joints results in a large lateral force transfer from one deck to the other, which, consequently, significantly changes the global response of the participating structural systems. Therefore, it is effective to provide a shock absorber for the mitigation of impact effects between bridge segments or at the restrainers' ends. The sudden changes of stiffness during poundings can be smoothed by using a natural rubber shock absorber, which prevents, to some extent, the acceleration peaks due to impact. The reaction forces at the pier bases and the pounding forces exerted on the superstructure can be satisfactorily reduced. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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