Unbonded Posttensioned Concrete Bridge Piers. II: Seismic Analyses
- 1 March 2003
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Journal of Bridge Engineering
- Vol. 8 (2), 102-111
- https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)1084-0702(2003)8:2(102)
Abstract
The seismic response characteristics of a proposed unbonded posttensioned concrete bridge-pier system are evaluated. Time-history analyses are carried out on prototype designs of single-column piers and two-column bents using detailed nonlinear finite-element (FE) models and equivalent single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) systems embedded with phenomenological constitutive models. The phenomenological models are based on the hysteretic behavior of the prototype designs from cyclic analyses using nonlinear FE models, which have been calibrated and verified against experiments. The two modeling techniques are compared and evaluated for simulating the response of unbonded posttensioned bridge piers. Extensive time-history analyses are carried out on the SDOF models to study the influence of unbonded posttensioning on seismic response. To assess the adequacy of the proposed bridge-pier system, the seismic demands on the prototype designs are compared to their capacities as established in a companion paper. The applicability of current bridge design specifications to designing the proposed bridge-pier system is discussed.Keywords
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