Simulation of the seismic performance of the Bolu Viaduct subjected to near‐fault ground motions

The seismic performance of the Bolu Viaduct in the Duzce, Turkey, earthquake of November 1999 was studied via a non‐linear, time‐history analysis of a multi‐degree of freedom model. The viaduct had a seismic isolation system consisting of yielding‐steel energy dissipation units and sliding pot bearings. The Duzce earthquake caused a surface rupture across the viaduct, which resulted in excessive superstructure movement and widespread failure of the seismic isolation system. The effect of the rupture was modeled by a static, differential ground displacement in the fault‐parallel direction across the rupture. The ground motions used in the analysis contain common near‐fault features including a directivity pulse in the fault‐normal direction and a fling step in the fault‐parallel direction. The analysis used a finite element package capable of modeling the mechanical behavior of the seismic isolation system and focused on the structural response of a 10‐span module of the viaduct. This analysis showed that the displacement of the superstructure relative to the piers exceeded the capacity of the bearings at an early stage of the earthquake, causing damage to the bearings as well as to the energy dissipation units. The analysis also indicated that shear keys, both longitudinal and transverse, played a critical role in preventing collapse of the deck spans. Published in 2004 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

连续箱梁高架桥横向动力分析

本文提出了可以考虑箱形梁弯曲、扭转、畸变多种因素的梁－墩系统横向振动的动力分析模型。     

城市高架道路沉降监测研究

结合工程实际,系统总结了城市高架道路监测的若干关键技术问题,在对城市高架道路沉降监测数据进行系统分析后,从区域地面沉降,地质条件等角度分析阐述了城市高架道路产生不均匀沉降的原因。     

高架轨道交通对城市景观的影响及应对措施初探

论文分析了高架轨道交通对城市景观的双重影响:高架桥作为一种新的城市构筑物,为人们提供了欣赏城市的新的观赏点和观赏方式;但处理不当的高架构筑物具有破坏自然景观、影响人们的视觉、造成尺度失调、影响城市色彩和谐、破坏城市原有肌理等负面影响。进而论文提出了高架轨道交通的设计原则及改善轨道交通城市形象的应对措施:第一,巧妙选线,充分利用轨道交通沿线风景资源,形成轨道交通视觉廊道;第二,提升高架桥的空间景观形象:桥下空间综合利用,完善城市功能;桥侧空间精心设计,增强桥体人性化因素;重视高架桥体及附属物的形象设计,达到技术与艺术的完美统一;第三,建设具有地域风格的换乘站。     

Behavior of a seismically isolated bridge crossing a fault rupture zone

The effect of the fault rupture zone traversing a seismically isolated bridge is investigated utilizing a finite element model of a section of the Bolu Viaduct and a set of synthetic broadband strong ground motions simulated for the Bolu Viaduct site due to the 1999 Duzce earthquake. Both the original and a potential retrofit seismic isolation system designs are considered in the analyses. The results show double isolation system demands when fault crossing is considered, as compared to the case where fault crossing is ignored. The pier drift demands, however, remain comparable in both cases. Furthermore, the location of fault crossing along the bridge length, as well as the fault orientation with respect to the bridge longitudinal direction are shown to influence substantially the response of the seismically isolated bridge. Isolation system permanent displacements are greatly influenced by the restoring force capability of the isolation system when fault crossing effects in the excitations are ignored. In the case of fault crossing, the permanent displacements of the isolation system are dominated by the substantial permanent tectonic displacement along the fault trace which is imposed upon the structure. The results of this study contribute to developing a better understanding of how seismically isolated bridges respond when traversed by fault rupture zones. The lack of analyses and design guidelines for bridges crossing faults in international standards renders this study a useful reference for the profession.     

An emendation of elastic rebound theory: Main rupture and adjacent belt of right-lateral distortion detected by Viaduct at Kaynaşli, Turkey 12 November 1999 Düzce Earthquake

The fault trace of the 12 November 1999 earthquake in theDüzce-Bolu region in Anatolia crossed the alignment of a 2.4 kmviaduct in Kaynali that had been carefully surveyed. The builders of theviaduct, the ASTALDI-BAYINDIR Co., resurveyed the viaduct after theearthquake. We repeated the survey for approximately one kilometre of theeastern end of the viaduct and obtained essentially identical results. Thoughit was unfortunate that the earthquake damaged the new structure, the piersdid produce a very rare record of ground deformation of an earthquake.In effect, the viaduct was a giant strain gage that yielded reliable data aboutground movement and distortion near a fault. This paper describes thesurvey data and their evaluation leading to convincing evidence that (a) thefault trace must be considered, not as a fault line or plane, but as a faultzone with a finite width and that (b) the structural damage within the zonewas caused, not primarily by ground acceleration, but by ground distortion.Along the right-lateral fault at Kaynali, the fault zone consists ofright-lateral movement at the main trace, a zone of right-lateral distortionnear the trace, bounded by left-lateral distortion. The 12 November 1999event in Turkey, like the ground deformation and fracturing at Landers,California (Johnson et al., 1994, 1996), thus affirmed a forgottenconclusion from the studies by Lawson (1908), Gilbert and Reid (1910)of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake that earthquake ruptures typicallyoccur throughout zones or belts, rather than along linear traces or planes.     

Shinkansen high-speed train induced ground vibrations in view of viaduct–ground interaction

Train viaduct behavior and nearby ground motion under the high-speed train passage have been studied in this paper. First, the findings from the field measurement alongside the high-speed Shinkansen railway in Japan are interpreted. Then, the computer simulation is made based on the soil-foundation-viaduct interaction analysis under moving axle loads. The solution method is to apply the dynamic substructure method in the frequency domain. The viaduct girders including track structure and pier supports are modeled by the three-dimensional beam-column elements. The supporting pile foundation and nearby field are discretized by the axisymmetric three-dimensional finite elements and analyzed in a semi-analytical way, with a transmitting boundary replacing the far field based on the thin layer element method. Nearby ground motion during train passage on a viaduct have been calculated by superimposing the effects from neighboring pile foundations.The main parameters affecting viaduct vibrations are discussed by taking environmental vibration into consideration. The nearby ground motion along the viaduct is recomputed by applying the above determined forces to the foundation tops. The results from numerical studies are compared with the field test data, thus proving the present simulation to be effective and reliable.     

果子沟高架桥工程设计中风速设计值的估算

对比分析果子沟临时气象观测站、伊宁和昭苏站61天的风速观测资料，利用伊宁和昭苏1971年1月至2003年12月的历史资料，计算果子沟风速的平均值和极值，并采用概率模式估算50年一遇、100年一遇最大风速。