State-of-the-art of posttensioned rocking bridge substructure systems

S Piras, A Palermo, M Saiid Saiidi - Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Posttensioned bridge rocking systems have emerged as an alternative to traditional ductility
design where substructure elements, such as columns and piles, are designed to dissipate …

Toward life-cycle reliability-, risk-and resilience-based design and assessment of bridges and bridge networks under independent and interacting hazards: emphasis …

M Akiyama, DM Frangopol… - Structure and Infrastructure …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
After recent large earthquakes, field investigations confirmed that several bridges were
severely damaged and collapsed not only due to the earthquake, as an independent …

Performance of geotechnical seismic isolation system using rubber‐soil mixtures in centrifuge testing

HH Tsang, DP Tran, WY Hung… - … & Structural Dynamics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Geotechnical seismic isolation (GSI) system involves the dynamic interaction between
structure and low‐modulus foundation material, such as rubber‐soil mixtures (RSM). Whilst …

Is rocking motion predictable?

JA Bachmann, M Strand, MF Vassiliou… - Earthquake …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
An argument of engineers and researchers against the use of rocking as a seismic response
modification technique is that the rocking motion of a structure is chaotic and the existing …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties of 3D printed material with binder jet technology and potential applications of additive manufacturing in seismic testing of structures

L Del Giudice, MF Vassiliou - Additive Manufacturing, 2020 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing can be used for the construction of small-scale specimens that are
useful for the understanding of the seismic behavior of conventionally constructed masonry …

Shake table test of large-scale bridge columns supported on rocking shallow foundations

G Antonellis, AG Gavras, M Panagiotou… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents the results of a series of shake table tests of two 460-mm-diameter
columns supported on 1.5-meter-square shallow rocking foundations. The tests were …

Seismic response of subway station in soft soil: Shaking table testing versus numerical analysis

W Wu, S Ge, Y Yuan, W Ding… - … and Underground Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
As revealed by the collapse of the Daikai Metro station during the 1995 Kobe earthquake,
underground structures are not immune to seismic loading. Shanghai Metro operates 16 …

Testing pile foundations at the ETH Zurich drum centrifuge: recent developments

L Sakellariadis, E Bleiker, M Iten… - … Journal of Physical …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Motivated by the need to develop rational design methods for the retrofit of existing bridges
on pile groups, this paper introduces recent experimental developments at the ETH Zurich …

On the mechanisms governing the response of pile groups under combined VHM loading

L Sakellariadis, I Anastasopoulos - Géotechnique, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
In this paper, an experimental, numerical and analytical study is conducted on a 2× 1 bored
pile group on saturated sand under combined loading. Initially, a single-degree-of-freedom …

Physical modelling of reinforced concrete at a 1: 40 scale using additively manufactured reinforcement cages

L Del Giudice, R Wróbel… - Earthquake …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global level assumptions of numerical models have received relatively less attention, but
have been indicated to be a major source of error in numerical modeling of Reinforced …