DESIGN OF ORDINARY BRIDGES FOR VERTICAL SEISMIC ACCELERATION

The Orange County California Transportation Corridor Agencies (TCA) has built three toll roads since 1989 using special seismic design criteria for bridges. The Corridor Design Management Group (CDMG) is the design manager for TCA. CDMG prepared the special TCA criteria, which features a two level seismic design aimed at improving the reliability of the structures. Some particular bridge failures in the 1994 Northridge earthquake in California showed evidence that the superstructure failed at the piers, in flexure or shear or a combination. Apparently vertical acceleration contributed to these failures. As a result, CDMG added vertical acceleration provision to the TCA seismic design criteria for the Eastern Transportation Corridor toll road which was bid under a design/build contract in late 1994.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/10883800
• Corporate Authors:

  National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research

  State University of New York, Buffalo, Red Jacket Quadrangle, Box 610025
  Buffalo, NY  United States  14261-0025
• Authors:
  • Gloyd, S
• Conference:
  • FHWA/NCEER Workshop on the National Representation of Seismic Ground Motion for New and Existing Highway Facilities
  • Location: Burlingame, California
  • Date: 1997-5-29 to 1997-5-30
• Publication Date: 1997-9-22

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 275-290
• Serial:
  • National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
  • Publisher: National Center for Earthquake Engineering Research
  • ISSN: 1088-3800

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Acceleration (Mechanics); Bridge design; Bridges; Design; Earthquake resistant design; Elastic waves; Failure; Reliability; Structural analysis; Structural design
• Identifier Terms: Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Structural reliability
• Geographic Terms: Orange County (California)
• Old TRIS Terms: Vertical orientation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Geotechnology; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751053
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Technical Report, NCEER-97-0010
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1998 12:00AM