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Compositive Optimal Control for the Seismic Response of a Long-Span Triple-Tower Suspension Bridge

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Medium: journal article
Language(s): English
Published in: International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, , n. 8, v. 18
Page(s): 1840009
DOI: 10.1142/s0219455418400096
Abstract:

In the design of super-long-span suspension bridges, the floating system is commonly adopted. However, this system may lead to the excessive earthquake-excited longitudinal displacement (LD) at the end of the main girder, which in return could result in pounding damage at expansion joints. In this paper, Taizhou Bridge, the triple-tower suspension bridge with the longest main span in the world, is taken as an example to demonstrate the effectiveness of three different approaches (elastic links, viscous dampers, and their combination) of mitigating the possible excessive LD. The finite element code ABAQUS is used to build the numerical model of the bridge and calculate the dynamic characteristics as well as the seismic responses. Then, 24 cases with different parameters of elastic links and viscous dampers are investigated and it is observed that the mitigation effect of the 24 cases varies significantly with different parameters. To obtain the optimized mitigation effect for seismic responses, including the LD of the girder, the LD and shear force of all towers, in the 24 cases, the modified analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method is introduced to realize the compositive optimal control of the triple-tower suspension bridge. Results show that the 24th case is the optimal one in which the LD of the girder is reduced significantly while the inner force of towers does not get excessive increase.

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