10-27-2012, 03:05 PM
Development of Guidelines for Incorporation of Vertical Ground Motion Effects in Seismic Design of Highway Bridges
Author: Kunnath, Sashi K | Size: 2.72 MB | Format: PDF | Quality: Original preprint | Publisher: California Department of Transportation | Year: 2008 | pages: 108
This report describes a study which was conducted in order to assess the current provisions in the California Department of Transportation's Standard Design Criteria 2006 (SDC-2006) for incorporating vertical effects of ground motions in seismic evaluation and design of ordinary highway bridges. A series of simulations was carried out on a range of typical bridge configurations for the purpose of isolating the effects of vertical motions. Results from the simulations reveal that vertical ground motions can have a significant effect on the axial force demand in columns, moment demands at the face of the bent cap, and moment demands at the middle of the span.
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