BEHAVIOR OF NONLINEARLY RESTRAINED SLENDER BRIDGE PIERS

The load-carrying capacity of slender reinforced concrete piers depends on the horizontal retaining forces exerted by the bridge deck. The magnitude of these forces is a function of the behavior of the restraints connecting the deck to the piers and to the abutments, as well as of their evolution in the presence of increasing loads. A numerical method, that was developed to perform a geometrically and mechanically nonlinear analysis of the piers, is described in this paper. This method also takes into account the evolution up to failure of the behavior of the restraints. By means of computations on a large number of different restraint conditions on a real bridge, it is shown to what extent the restraint effects exerted by the bridge deck may affect the safety factor on the action side of the piers.

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• Authors:
  • Mancini, G
  • Martinez y Cabrera, F
  • PISANI, M A
  • Recupero, A
• Publication Date: 1998-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 126-131
• Serial:
  • Journal of Bridge Engineering
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1084-0702
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/beo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Loads; Nonlinear systems; Piers (Supports); Piers (Wharves); Reinforced concrete; Support piles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Horizontal loads; Nonlinearity; Reinforced concrete piles
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751499
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 1998 12:00AM