scholarly journals Ambient Vibration Test on Reinforced Concrete Bridges

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 02012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Shazwin Idris ◽  
Koh Heng Boon ◽  
Ahmad Fahmy Kamarudin ◽  
Sherliza Zaini Sooria
2018 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
pp. 03077
Author(s):  
Jun Ma ◽  
Jie Ge

Ambient vibration analysis of a 18-story reinforced concrete building was carried out to investigate its dynamic properties. Ambient vibration test was conducted on the building, and modal parameters including natural frequencies and damping ratios were identified using the Frequency domain decomposition (FDD) method and the Enhanced frequency domain decomposition (EFDD) method. The results demonstrate that ambient vibration test is a feasible and efficient technique to excite structures, and that FDD and EFDD methods are reliable and efficient techniques for ambient vibration data.


Author(s):  
Mohamed Cherif Djemai ◽  
Mahmoud Bensaibi ◽  
Fatma Zohra Halfaya

Bridges are commonly used lifelines; they play an important role in the economic activity of a city or a region and their role can be crucial in a case of a seismic event since they allow the arrival of the first aid. Reinforced concrete (RC) bridges are worldwide used type view their durability, flexibility and economical cost. In fact, their behavior under seismic loading was the aim of various studies. In the present study the effect of two structural parameters i.e. the height and the type of piers of reinforced concrete bridges on seismic response is investigated. For that reason, different multi-span continuous girder bridges models with various geometrical parameters are considered. Then, non-linear dynamic analyses are performed based on two types of piers which are: multiple columns bent and wall piers with varying heights. In this approach, a serie of 40 ground motions records varying from weak to strong events selected from Building Research Institute (BRI) strong motion database are used including uncertainty in the soil and seismic characteristics. Modelling results put most emphasis on the modal periods and responses of the top pier displacements, they show the influence of the considered parameters on the behavior of such structures and their impact on the strength of reinforced concrete bridges.


Author(s):  
I.Yu. Belutsky ◽  
◽  
I.V. Lazarev ◽  

Abstract. The publication shows the effectiveness of applying the principle of temporary continuity by combining split span structures into acontinuous couplingusing a temporary joint. The method can be viewed as an option for effort regulation, creating abearing capacity reserveinload-bearing constructions within the span structures of bridges. The calculations provided show the effect on stress rate and bending moment in split span structurescombined into a double-spancontinuous coupling by a temporary joint.


1983 ◽  
Vol 73 (6A) ◽  
pp. 1895-1902
Author(s):  
Gerard C. Pardoen

Abstract The ambient vibration test results conducted on the Imperial County Services Building prior to the 15 October 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake are summarized. These results are of significant interest because the Imperial County Services Building has been the source of many postearthquake investigations due to the fact that the 1979 earthquake represented the first time a building instrumented with strong motion recorders suffered and recorded the major structural failure.


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