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<p>Transport infrastructures, such as bridges, located in seismically active regions are potential exposure due to seismic hazards. A bridge collapse can have tremendous consequences because they provide vital links in a transportation system. Cross border region historically is very well known as territory characterized with high seismic risk. For that purpose, this study is related to the identification of seismic hazard cross-border harmonization vulnerability assessment of risk based on defined levels of seismic hazard and definition of reliable risk of simply supported girders bridge, which is main typology scheme. This study presents an analytical method to predict damage exceedance probabilities due to seismic events using the development of fragility curves. The proposed framework is demonstrated by performing case study highway bridges located in cross border Albanian region with Greece and North Macedonia. Bridge hazard identification is defined by established each damage state of probabilistic structural capacity. The damage probabilities of exceedance that structural demand exceeds capacity are analyzed, displaying results in the fragility curves of bridges.</p>
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Transport infrastructures, such as bridges, located in seismically active regions are potential exposure due to seismic hazards. A bridge collapse can have tremendous consequences because they provide vital links in a transportation system. Cross border region historically is very well known as territory characterized with high seismic risk. For that purpose, this study is related to the identification of seismic hazard cross-border harmonization vulnerability assessment of risk based on defined levels of seismic hazard and definition of reliable risk of simply supported girders bridge, which is main typology scheme. This study presents an analytical method to predict damage exceedance probabilities due to seismic events using the development of fragility curves. The proposed framework is demonstrated by performing case study highway bridges located in cross border Albanian region with Greece and North Macedonia. Bridge hazard identification is defined by established each damage state of probabilistic structural capacity. The damage probabilities of exceedance that structural demand exceeds capacity are analyzed, displaying results in the fragility curves of bridges.

Seismic Risk Assessment of Simply Supported Girders Bridges

Polytechnic University of Tirana, Civil Engineering Faculty

Civil and Environmental Engineering

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

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Transport infrastructures, such as bridges, located in seismically active regions are potential exposure due to seismic hazards. A bridge collapse can have...

Seismic Risk Assessment of Simply Supported Girders Bridges

Publié en ligne: 12 mai 2023

Pages: 30 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2023-0003

Mots clés
Bridges vulnerability, Fragility curves, Vulnerability, Risk, Earthquakes

© 2023 Iralda Xhaferaj et al., published by Sciendo

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

Seismic Risk Assessment of Simply Supported Girders Bridges

Publié en ligne: 12 mai 2023

Pages: 30 - 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2023-0003

Mots clésBridges vulnerability, Fragility curves, Vulnerability, Risk, Earthquakes

© 2023 Iralda Xhaferaj et al., published by Sciendo

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

Mots clés
Bridges vulnerability, Fragility curves, Vulnerability, Risk, Earthquakes