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- Title
Eccentricity-Induced Seismic Behavior of Curved Bridges Based on Controllability.
- Authors
Wang, Yumei
- Abstract
The difficulty in curved bridge design lies in the eccentricity. Eccentricities break the regularity and make it difficult to resist horizontal loads. However, relatively stable and robust performance can still be achieved through properly aligned eccentricity. This paper used the controllability-related concepts, the controllability Grammians and Hankel singular values (HSVs), to study the impact of eccentricities on the seismic performance of curved bridges. An analytical model was expressed by second order differential equations with rigid deck assumption. Six eccentricity cases: three different radii (resulting in different center of mass (CM)), three different bearing arrangements (resulting in different center of stiffness (CS)), and variable earthquake directions (resulting in different moment arms) were strategized for research. Analyses showed that effects of eccentricities (offsets of CS from CM) can be extensively interpreted by controllability indices. Proper eccentricity may "reach" and thus "control" the responses better and decrease the coupling effects, counteract the unfavorable excitation effects, and make the bridge less sensitive to excitation changes. In this sense, regularity or stability could be somewhat re-established through design. Time history analyses confirmed the results.
- Subjects
BRIDGE bearings; BRIDGES; CENTER of mass; BRIDGE design &; construction; DIFFERENTIAL equations; SEISMIC response; CONTROLLABILITY in systems engineering
- Publication
Symmetry (20738994), 2020, Vol 12, Issue 10, p1633
- ISSN
2073-8994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sym12101633