DUCTILE DESIGN OF BRIDGE PIERS

A review of some recent New Zealand research on the ductile design of reinforced concrete bridge piers is presented. The main part of the research described has been sponsored by Roads Board, and has been reported to the National Roads board during the period 1974-78. The research was concerned with two main aspects of the seismic design of ductile bridge piers. The first aspect involved the inelastic dynamic analysis of bridge structures, including the effect of soil-structure interaction, to establish the ductility demand of typical reinforced concrete bridge piers when responding to severe earthquakes. The second aspect concerned analytical and experimental innvestigations of reinforced concrete bridge piers in order to establish the available ductility capacity and hysteretic energy dissipation. A study of the quantity of spiral reinforcement required to confine the concrete and to prevent buckling of longitudinal bars was an important part of the investigation. The conclusions reached are summarized in form useful to practising bridge designers. (a) (TRRL)

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  National Roads Board, New Zealand

  P.O. Box 12-041
  Wellington,   New Zealand 
• Authors:
  • Park, R
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1-70
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Department of Energy
  • Issue Number: 43
  • Publisher: Department of Energy
  • ISSN: 0098-5104

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge decks; Bridge piers; Bridges; Conferences; Design; Dissipation; Ductility; Dynamic structural analysis; Elasticity (Mechanics); Hysteresis; Reinforced concrete; Reinforced concrete bridges; Seismicity; Soil structure interaction; Strength of materials
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seismic response
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 3482: Bridge deck; 8525: Conference; 9011: Design (overall design); 5909: Ductility; 5912: Elasticity; 4794: Reinforced concrete; 5731: Seismic; 5544: Strength (mater)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Energy; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00323161
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0 7277 0080 4
• Report/Paper Numbers: No 43
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM