CONSTRUCTION OF BENTEN VIADUCT, RIGID-FRAME BRIDGE WITH SEISMIC ISOLATORS AT THE FOOT OF PIERS

'Benten Viaduct' is one of the reconstructed bridges of Hanshin Expressway Route 3, which suffered a significant damage during the Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake in 1995. This section had consisted of 8 bridges before the earthquake, but revived as an innovative structure, 19-span continuous rigid-frame bridge with seismic isolators installed underneath the steel piers. This paper reports the seismic isolation design and construction techniques of this innovative bridge structure, comparing the result of analysis with that of the vibration test using the actual bridge structure. (A)

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• Authors:
  • Yoshikawa, M
  • Hayashi, H
  • KAWAKITA, S
  • HAYASHIDA, M
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 39-46
• Serial:
  • Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0958-9465

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge piers; Bridges; Design; Seismicity
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 3434: Bridge pier; 9011: Design (overall design); 5731: Seismic
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00790487
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Apr 11 2000 12:00AM