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<p>Bridges are important structures for urban civilization. The catastrophic damage to bridges during an earthquakes cause sudden disruption to human livelihood. For making bridges resilient to earthquakes proper damage assessment technique is inevitable. The present study has been carried out to evaluate damage of reinforced concrete bridge under the seismic loadings using a probabilistic approach. Nine earthquakes were considered for seismic vulnerability assessment. From the obtained results, different damage states were discussed based on intensity measures using Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) and Fragility Analysis. This study may be used as a viable tool for health monitoring, vulnerability assessment and formulating retrofit strategies of the reinforced concrete bridges under the seismic loadings.</p>
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Bridges are important structures for urban civilization. The catastrophic damage to bridges during an earthquakes cause sudden disruption to human livelihood. For making bridges resilient to earthquakes proper damage assessment technique is inevitable. The present study has been carried out to evaluate damage of reinforced concrete bridge under the seismic loadings using a probabilistic approach. Nine earthquakes were considered for seismic vulnerability assessment. From the obtained results, different damage states were discussed based on intensity measures using Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) and Fragility Analysis. This study may be used as a viable tool for health monitoring, vulnerability assessment and formulating retrofit strategies of the reinforced concrete bridges under the seismic loadings.

Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridges Under the Ground Motions - a Probabilistic Approach

Journal of Applied Engineering Sciences

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Bridges are important structures for urban civilization. The catastrophic damage to bridges during an earthquakes cause sudden disruption to human livelihood....

Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridges Under the Ground Motions - a Probabilistic Approach

Published Online: Dec 21, 2022

Page range: 179 - 184

Received: Sep 28, 2022

Accepted: Oct 03, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2022-0024

Keywords
Reinforced Concrete Bridge, Damage Index, Incremental Dynamic Analysis, Cumulative Energy Dissipation, Fragility Analysis

© 2022 M. S. Izhar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Bridges Under the Ground Motions - a Probabilistic Approach

Published Online: Dec 21, 2022

Page range: 179 - 184

Received: Sep 28, 2022

Accepted: Oct 03, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jaes-2022-0024

KeywordsReinforced Concrete Bridge, Damage Index, Incremental Dynamic Analysis, Cumulative Energy Dissipation, Fragility Analysis

© 2022 M. S. Izhar et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Reinforced Concrete Bridge, Damage Index, Incremental Dynamic Analysis, Cumulative Energy Dissipation, Fragility Analysis