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Response Sensitivity of Highway Bridges to Randomly Oriented Multi-Component Earthquake Excitation |
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| Authors: | Kevin R. Mackie Kyle J. Cronin Bryant G. Nielson |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering , University of Central Florida , Orlando , Florida , USA kmackie@mail.ucf.edu;3. Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering , University of Central Florida , Orlando , Florida , USA;4. Department of Civil Engineering , Clemson University , Clemson , South Carolina , USA |
| Abstract: | In two-dimensional and single axis three-dimensional finite element analyses, the ground motion incidence angle can play a significant role in structural response. The effect of incidence angle for three-dimensional excitation and response is investigated in this paper for response of highway bridges. Single-degree-of-freedom elastic and inelastic mean spectra were computed from various orientation techniques and found indistinguishable for combinations of orthogonal horizontal components. Probabilistic seismic demand models were generated for the nonlinear response of five different bridge models. The negligible effect of incidence angle on mean ensemble response was confirmed with a stochastic representation of the ground motions. |
| Keywords: | Earthquake Incidence Angle Nonlinear Analysis 3D Ground Motion Performance-Based Engineering Stochastic Process |