Seismic Performance of a Cable-stayed Footbridge Using a Concrete Damage Plasticity Model

In this paper, a non-linear dynamic analysis of a cable-stayed footbridge to an earthquake is presented. The investigation was performed for an existing pedestrian bridge located in Czestochowa, Southern Poland. The total length of the structure is 46.90 m. The suspended structure consists of two spans (21.10 m and 25.80 m). The deck of the footbridge is made of a steel-concrete composite and is connected to the steel pylon by cables. The structure is equipped with elastomeric bearings as linking elements between the deck and the pillars. A three-dimensional finite element (FE) model of the footbridge was created with the ABAQUS software program. For the verification of numerical model the modal assurance criterion (MAC) was applied. The acceleration time history of the registered shock was used as seismic excitation acting in three directions. The peak ground acceleration (PGA) of the shock was 0.4 g. To represent the inelastic behavior of the footbridges’ deck under the earthquake, a concrete damage plasticity model was assumed as a constitutive model for the concrete. It turned out that the analyzed shock was strong enough to cause severe destruction in the reinforced concrete deck of the footbridge.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.06.246
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877705817328102
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2017 Izabela J Drygala et al. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
• Authors:
  • Drygala, Izabela J
  • Dulinska, Joanna M
  • Wazowski, Marek
• Conference:
  • International Conference on Analytical Models and New Concepts in Concrete and Masonry Structures (AMCM 2017)
  • Location: Gliwice , Poland
  • Date: 2017-6-5 to 2017-6-7
• Publication Date: 2017

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 525-532
• Serial:
  • Procedia Engineering
  • Volume: 193
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1877-7058
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/18777058
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge bearings; Bridge decks; Cable stayed bridges; Columns; Earthquake resistant design; Finite element method; Footbridges; Reinforced concrete bridges; Seismicity
• Identifier Terms: ABAQUS (Computer program)
• Geographic Terms: Poland
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Materials; Pedestrians and Bicyclists;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01642105
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 2017 10:05AM