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Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Blast Performance of Seismically Resistant Bridge Piers
This report focuses on the protection of highway bridges against earthquake and blast hazards. The results of a previously developed and experimentally validated multi-hazard bridge pier concept consisting of a multi-column pier bent with Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (CFST) columns are briefly presented NTIS' PB2008-105143. The performance of the CFST columns is compared to the blast resistance of ductile reinforced concrete (RC) columns and non-ductile RC columns retrofi tted with steel jackets, detailed in accordance to current seismic design codes and practices. This report describes the details of the design process and the experimental observations of the prototype bridge pier bent constructed using conventional and retrofitted seismic resistant RC columns. The results from blast experiments are compared with results obtained using simplified analysis methods. Nonlinear dynamic response history analyses are performed to simulate and better understand the behavior of CFST columns under blast loading. The tests on conventional and steel jacket retrofitted seismic resistant RC columns demonstrated the non-ductile behavior of the RC columns under blast loading and that the columns failed in direct shear at their base. Based on experimental and analytical observations, shape factors for the blast pressures acting on circular columns are established.
Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Blast Performance of Seismically Resistant Bridge Piers
This report focuses on the protection of highway bridges against earthquake and blast hazards. The results of a previously developed and experimentally validated multi-hazard bridge pier concept consisting of a multi-column pier bent with Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (CFST) columns are briefly presented NTIS' PB2008-105143. The performance of the CFST columns is compared to the blast resistance of ductile reinforced concrete (RC) columns and non-ductile RC columns retrofi tted with steel jackets, detailed in accordance to current seismic design codes and practices. This report describes the details of the design process and the experimental observations of the prototype bridge pier bent constructed using conventional and retrofitted seismic resistant RC columns. The results from blast experiments are compared with results obtained using simplified analysis methods. Nonlinear dynamic response history analyses are performed to simulate and better understand the behavior of CFST columns under blast loading. The tests on conventional and steel jacket retrofitted seismic resistant RC columns demonstrated the non-ductile behavior of the RC columns under blast loading and that the columns failed in direct shear at their base. Based on experimental and analytical observations, shape factors for the blast pressures acting on circular columns are established.
Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Blast Performance of Seismically Resistant Bridge Piers
S. Fujikura (author) / M. Bruneau (author)
2008
346 pages
Report
No indication
English
Highway Engineering , Construction Equipment, Materials, & Supplies , Structural Analyses , Bridges (Structures) , Seismically resistant , Highway bridges , Blast hazards , Earthquake hazards , Bridge piers , Experimental investigations , Analytical investigations , Earthquake engineering , Design processes , Concrete structures , Columns (Supports) , Blasting , Deformation , Blast performance
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