Shaking Table Tests and Numerical Study on the Seismic Performance of Arc-Shaped Shear Keys in Highway Continuous-Girder Bridges
Author(s): |
Liang Huang
Wenze Wang Shizhan Xu Bo Wang Zisheng Li |
---|---|
Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English |
Published in: | Buildings, 8 October 2024, n. 10, v. 14 |
Page(s): | 3060 |
DOI: | 10.3390/buildings14103060 |
Abstract: |
Typical forms of seismic damage to laminated-rubber-bearing girder bridges in the transverse direction are falling beams, girder displacement, and bearing damage. However, the damage to piers and foundations is generally lighter. This is mainly due to slippage of the bearings. Therefore, we propose a new type of arc-shaped shear key to improve the lateral seismic performance. A 1/12-scale highway continuous-girder bridge isolated by different shear keys was tested utilizing a 4 m × 4 m shaking table with six DOFs. The seismic responses of the bridge were analyzed in terms of phenomenon, displacement, strain, and acceleration. The main girder and pier exhibited different seismic responses because the bridge had different stops. A numerical simulation based on FEM showed that the established finite element model can well reproduce the displacement time history of the main girder and the cap girder. By analyzing the finite element model, the relative displacement of the bearing under different seismic waves was obtained. A comparison between the measured and FEM responses showed that the arc-shaped shear key can well limit the displacement of the main girder and the bearing. In addition, it does not significantly amplify the seismic response of the substructure. The arc-shaped shear key dissipates more energy while limiting the displacement of the main girder, and the comprehensive seismic performance is better than that of the rubber pad shear key. |
Copyright: | © 2024 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
License: | This creative work has been published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license which allows copying, and redistribution as well as adaptation of the original work provided appropriate credit is given to the original author and the conditions of the license are met. |
31.84 MB
- About this
data sheet - Reference-ID
10804605 - Published on:
10/11/2024 - Last updated on:
10/11/2024