• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.1 no.1 s.1
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• pp.81-90
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• 2001

This paper presents the results of the parametric study on the longitudinal behavior of 2-span continuous railway bridge. To perform the main objective of this paper, the effects of pier shaft stiffness, pier height, the size of pier foundation, and the bearing stiffness on the longitudinal behavior of the bridges are studied. Within the limits of this study, the research result has revealed that the variation of the fixed pier is more effective than that of the moved pier. In addition, the control of the hearing stiffness is much less expensive than that of any other parameters.

• Earthquakes and Structures
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.41-62
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• 2013

A comprehensive experimental program of cyclic tests on 1:3-scale models of bridge piers is going to be carried out at the Laboratory of Structures and Materials of the University of Basilicata. The testing models include eight RC single shaft piers with hollow circular cross section. Four piers have been realised using corroded steel rebars. In this paper, the results of preliminary numerical simulation analyses of the cyclic behaviour of the piers, carried out with Opensees using fiber-based models, are presented. Pull-out and lap-splice effects of steel rebars have been taken into account in the numerical analyses. First, the experimental specimens and the test set up are presented. Next, the results of the numerical analyses are discussed. In the numerical analyses, different configurations and levels of corrosion have been considered. The effective stiffness and equivalent damping of the piers is reported as a function of pier ductility and pier drift.