Abstract
Masonry bridges have been present all over the world since the ancient Roman civilization took advantage of the good resistance of bricks and stones to build the infrastructure of their time. Today, most of this infrastructure has become risky due to degradation and seismic loads that were not taken into account in the past. Nowadays, the management of existing infrastructure is becoming popular with the aim of preserving the historical heritage. For this reason, many scientists have used their knowledge to develop new calculation tools to accurately assess the structural integrity of masonry bridges. In this article, new insights on the seismic behaviour of masonry bridges are presented. In particular, the influence of the geometry of the structural elements such as the filling, the haunching and the cross-section of the piers on the seismic capacity has been evaluated. The results show that the performance in terms of ductility, structural capacity and stiffness were most affected.
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Zampieri, P., Tetougueni, C.D., Pellegrino, C. (2022). Discussion on the Nonlinear Horizontal Behavior of a Multi-span Masonry Bridge. In: Pellegrino, C., Faleschini, F., Zanini, M.A., Matos, J.C., Casas, J.R., Strauss, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 1st Conference of the European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures. EUROSTRUCT 2021. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 200. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91877-4_151
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