IDARC-BRIDGE: A Computational Platform for Seismic Damage Assessment of Bridge Structures

This report presents the theoretical background of a computer platform for three-dimensional inelastic analysis of bridge structures. Two distinct goals define the scope of IDARC-Bridge: (1) to serve as an efficient and user-friendly analytical tool for investigating the behavior of bridge structures by engineers and researchers, and (2) to provide a framework for future software development by allowing the user to incorporate new modules, element types and component models or replace the existing ones. IDARC BRIDGE offers methods for investigating the demand imposed by various types of excitation, as well as static and dynamic pushover options for assessing the available capacity and possible collapse modes. These two aspects of structural behavior are compared, using the concept of cumulative damage indexing, to provide information on the amount and location of damage in the system. The platform employs a macro-modeling approach to component modeling, which requires a good knowledge of the force-deformation properties of the member elements, information that can be derived by experiment or analysis of rigorous micro-models.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/22000/22100/22112/PB99162919.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  State University of New York, Buffalo

  Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14260

  Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research

  State University of New York, 107 Red Jacket Quadrangle, P.O. Box 610025
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14261-0025
• Authors:
  • Reinhorn, Andrei M
  • Simeonov, V
  • Mylonakis, G
  • Reichman, Y
• Publication Date: 1998-10-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Technical Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 318p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Degradation failures; Earthquake engineering; Earthquake resistant design; Loss and damage; Reinforced concrete bridges; Seismicity; Structural engineering
• Uncontrolled Terms: Dynamic response (Structures)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103313
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MCEER-98-0011
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-92-C000106
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:47AM