Integral abutment bridges : investigation of seismic soil structure interaction effects by shaking table testing

Fiorentino, Gabriele (avtor), Isaković, Tatjana (avtor), Nuti, Camillo (avtor)

In recent years there has been renewed interest on integral abutment bridges (IABs), mainly due to their low construction and maintenance cost. Owing to the monolithic connection between deck and abutments, there is strong soil structure interaction between the bridge and the backfill under both thermal action and earthquake shaking. Although some of the regions where IABs are adopted qualify as highly seismic, there is limited knowledge as to their dynamic behaviour and vulnerability under strong ground shaking. To develop a better understanding on the seismic behaviour of IABs, an extensive experimental campaign involving over 75 shaking table tests and 4800 time histories of recorded data, was carried out at EQUALS Laboratory, University of Bristol, under the auspices of EU sponsored SERA project (Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Research Infrastructure Alliance for Europe). The tests were conducted on a 5 m long shear stack mounted on a 3 m 3 m 6 DOF earthquake simulator, focusing on interaction effects between a scaled bridge model, abutments, foundation piles and backfill soil. The study aims at (a) developing new scaling procedures for physical modelling of IABs, (b) investigating experimentally the potential benefits of adding compressible inclusions (CIs) between the abutment and the backfill and (c) exploring the influence of different types of connection between the abutment and the pile foundation. Results indicate that the CI reduces the accelerations on the bridge deck and the settlements in the backfill, while disconnecting piles from the cap decreases bending near the pile head.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: earthquake engineering, structural engineering
• Vrsta gradiva: Znanstveno delo
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FGG - Fakulteta za gradbeništvo in geodezijo
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Recenzirani rokopis
• Leto izida: 2020
• Št. strani: Str. 1-22
• Številčenje: Letn. XX, št. dec.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-125098
• UDK: 624.042.7
• ISSN pri članku: 0098-8847
• DOI: 10.1002/eqe.3409
• COBISS.SI-ID: 43549699
• Datum objave v RUL: 04.03.2021

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics
• Skrajšan naslov: Earthquake eng. struct. dyn.
• Založnik: Wiley
• ISSN: 0098-8847
• COBISS.SI-ID: 25358592

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
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• Začetek licenciranja: 04.03.2021

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: potresno inženirstvo, gradbene konstrukcije

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Številka projekta: EU H2020 SERA 730900
• Naslov: Seismic response of novel integrated abutment-bridges (SERENA) project
• Akronim: SERENA