Highway bridges are one of the most vulnerable constituents of transportation networks when exposed to one or more natural hazards, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis …
J Zhang, Y Huo - Engineering Structures, 2009 - Elsevier
Seismic isolation can be used as a practical method to mitigate earthquake hazards for designing new highway bridges or retrofitting existing ones. To realize a reliable and …
C Li, HN Li, H Hao, K Bi, B Chen - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
As key components in the transportation networks at coastal areas, sea-crossing cable- stayed bridges play a very important role in the development of regional economy. These …
Fragility curves express the probability of structural damage due to earthquakes as a function of ground motion indices, eg, PGA, PGV. Based on the actual damage data of …
This paper focuses on the fragility-based seismic vulnerability assessment of retrofitted multicolumn bridge bents. Fragility curves are developed to assess the relative performance …
Fragility curves are found to be useful tools for predicting the extent of probable damage. They show the probability of highway structure damage as a function of strong motion …
In an attempt to reduce permanent displacement and damage, a hybrid reinforced concrete (RC) bridge pier configuration is considered in the present study. The plastic hinge region of …
Fragility curves that have been developed for curved steel bridges have not extensively addressed horizontal curvature and do not sufficiently account for major contributing curved …