Effects of Response Spectra Dispersion of Earthquake Ground Motions on Probabilistic Seismic Demand Assessment of Bridge Structures
Zhang Jinsong Chen Liang
DOI:10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2013.03.012
Received ,Revised , Accepted , Available online July 01, 2015
Volume ,2013,Pages 75-80
- Abstract
A three-span regular continuous RC girder highway bridge and two bins of real accelerograms were selected for incremental dynamic analysis to study the correlation of the dispersions of response spectra of earthquake ground motions and probabilistic seismic demand assessments of bridge structures. It is found that the dispersions of seismic demands are closely related to the dispersions of response spectra of selected ground motions. The rational selection of real earthquake ground motions to be rationally chosen for dynamic analysis can make the probability distribution of seismic demands in accordance with the real situation and improve the computational precision and efficiency of the probabilistic seismic demand assessment and fragility curve for performance-based earthquake engineering and seismic design of bridges based on probability theory.