Abstract
When designing bridges located in seismic hazard zones, the final design has to be determined by taking into consideration the functionality of the post-disaster road network. The effect of inelastic bridge behavior on the deterioration of the functionality of a road network after an earthquake needs to be incorporated in the seismic analysis. This paper deals with risk-based seismic design of RC bridges to ensure a specified post-disaster functionality of the road network. Computational results show that compared with bridges designed to minimize the seismic life-cycle cost, bridges designed taking into consideration the requirement of post-disaster traffic capacity of a road network need to have a higher seismic performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 13th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, EASEC 2013 - Sapporo, Japan Duration: 2013 Sept 11 → 2013 Sept 13 |
Other
| Other | 13th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural Engineering and Construction, EASEC 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | Japan |
| City | Sapporo |
| Period | 13/9/11 → 13/9/13 |
Keywords
- Bridge
- Life-cycle cost
- Road network
- Seismic design
- Traffic capacity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Building and Construction