Izmit Bay Suspension Bridge – Deep Water Tower Foundations
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Flemming Pedersen
(COWI A/S, Parallelvej 2, 2800 Kongens lyngby, Denmark)
Søren Christensen (COWI A/S, Parallelvej 2, 2800 Kongens lyngby, Denmark) Jonas Jacobsen (COWI A/S, Parallelvej 2, 2800 Kongens lyngby, Denmark) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Geneva 2015 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 2133-2140 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2015 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137815818359636 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper describes the concept development and subsequent detailed design of the deep water tower foundations for the Izmit Bay suspension bridge with a main span of 1550m. The foundation concept developed is an innovative design combining a traditional cellular concrete caisson with two cylindrical steel/concrete composite columns. Because the foundation concept is particularly optimized for resisting severe seismic loads the paper focusses on the required advanced modelling of soil-structure-interaction in relation to non-linear seismic time history analyses. The marine environment and deep water represents important challenges in relation to construction and long-term durability. The paper describes innovative solutions to deal with these challenges. |
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| Keywords: |
seismic design suspension bridge caisson Soil-Structure-Interaction Impressed current cathodic protection
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