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Earthquakes and Structures Volume 19, Number 6, December 2020 , pages 427-444 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2020.19.6.427 |
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Effect of various aspects on the seismic performance of a curved bridge with HDR bearings |
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Praveen K. Gupta and Goutam Ghosh
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| Abstract | ||
| The performance of an isolated horizontally curved continuous bridge with High Damping Rubber (HDR) Bearings has been investigated under seismic loading conditions. The effectiveness of response controls of the bridge by HDR bearings for various aspects viz. variation in ground motion characteristics, multi-directional effect, level of earthquake shaking, varying incidence angle, have been determined. Three recorded ground motions, representative of historical earthquakes along with near-field, far-field and forward directivity effects, have been considered in the study. The efficacy of the bearings with bi-directional effect considering interaction behavior of bearing and pier has also been investigated. Modeling and analysis of the bridge have been done by finite element approach. Sensitivity studies of the bridge response with respect to design parameters of the bearings for the considered ground motions have been performed. The importance of the nonlinearity of HDR bearings along with crucial design parameters has been identified. It has been observed that the HDR bearings performed well in different variations of ground motions, especially for controlling torsional moment. However, the deck displacement has been found to be increased significantly in case of Turkey ground motions, considering forward directivity effect, which needs to be paid more attention from designer point of view. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| curved bridge; isolation; high damping rubber bearing; earthquake; bi-directional effect | ||
| Address | ||
| Praveen K. Gupta:Department of Civil Engineering, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology Sultanpur, -228001, U.P., India Goutam Ghosh: Department of Civil Engineering, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj-211004, U.P., India | ||