Influence of corrosion effects on the seismic capacity of existing RC bridges

P Crespi, M Zucca, M Valente, N Longarini - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent collapse events of existing reinforced concrete bridges have increased the attention
on the mandatory and suitable maintenance of these strategic constructions. In fact, most of …

Maintenance interventions period of existing RC motorway viaducts located in moderate/high seismicity zones

M Zucca, P Crespi, F Stochino, ML Puppio, M Coni - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Considering the recent collapses which have affected several existing reinforced concrete
(RC) motorway bridges, the correct maintenance interventions planning of these strategic …

Displacement-based seismic performance assessment of multi-span steel truss bridges

A Nettis, P Iacovazzo, D Raffaele, G Uva… - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Simplified mechanics-based approaches for the seismic performance analysis are used for
the risk assessment of large bridge portfolios. This study evaluates the applicability and …

Capacity spectrum of SPSW using pushover and energy method without need for calculation of target point

M Gholhaki, G Pachideh, A Javahertarash - Structures, 2020 - Elsevier
The mass center of the roof in building frames is usually considered as a target point when a
nonlinear static (pushover) analysis needs to be carried out. In the present study, 12 steel …

A review on the seismic behaviour of irregular bridges

R Akbari, S Maalek - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil …, 2018 - icevirtuallibrary.com
This paper presents an up-to-date state-of-the-art review on the behaviour of irregular
bridges under seismic excitation. Although several characteristics and definitions may be …

Deformation-based pushover analysis method for transverse seismic assessment of inverted Y-shaped pylons in kilometer-span cable-stayed bridges: Formulation …

J Wang, X Wang, A Ye, Z Guan - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2023 - Elsevier
Kilometer-span cable-stayed bridges usually adopt tall inverted Y-shaped pylons. Such
pylons may behave inelastically under strong transverse seismic excitations. Therefore …

Improved modal pushover analysis in seismic assessment of asymmetric plan buildings under the influence of one and two horizontal components of ground motions

A Belejo, R Bento - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Improved Modal Pushover Analysis (IMPA) is a multimode procedure that has
the advantage of redefining the lateral load applied, when comparing with the multimode …

Adaptive upper-bound pushover analysis for high-rise moment steel frames

AY Rahmani, N Bourahla, R Bento, M Badaoui - Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new nonlinear static analysis procedure is proposed to assess the seismic
performance of tall buildings, which considers both the higher modes effects as well as the …

IMPAβ: Incremental modal pushover analysis for bridges

AV Bergami, C Nuti, D Lavorato, G Fiorentino… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the present study, the incremental modal pushover analysis (IMPA), a pushover-based
approach already proposed and applied to buildings by the same authors, was revised and …

Seismic assessment of six typologies of existing RC bridges

P Crespi, M Zucca, N Longarini, N Giordano - Infrastructures, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last few decades, the attention on the safety of existing reinforced concrete (RC)
structures has significantly increased. RC bridges, in particular, are highly relevant for …