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Seismic limit states of the components in reinforced concrete integral abutment bridges

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Reliability of any seismic fragility assessment study as an aid to seismic hazard mitigation depends on the precision of the values of the limit states describing the onsets of the damage states (i.e., Limit State Thresholds (LSTs)) of a structural system. Currently, any such study either relies on the LSTs prescribed earlier or evaluates the LSTs based on the analytical or test results of the models in that study. Use of these case-specific LSTs might lead to erroneous estimates for a study with structural characteristics different from those in the earlier cases. The present study develops generalised expressions, which are scanty in literature, for evaluating the probable values for the LSTs of various bridge components over wide ranges of parametric variations with reference to integral abutment bridge typology. Analyses of the damage model, developed for each component, for a large number of samples generated over the adopted variations of component parameters yield data for the LSTs. Regression analyses on the data lead to parameterised expressions (validated), which can be readily applied to evaluate the expected values of the LSTs for any set of parametric values within the adopted ranges, and without requiring any parameter-specific analysis every time. Relative frailties of the individual components are assessed through the trends in the sequences of attainments of the LSTs of various damage states of these components with parametric variations, for both the continuous-integral abutment and full integral bridge configurations. These can be used as guidelines at the design stage to arrive at a set of parametric combination satisfying the desired bridge functionality requirements.

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Ahmed, B.F., Dasgupta, K. Seismic limit states of the components in reinforced concrete integral abutment bridges. Bull Earthquake Eng 20, 477–516 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01210-0

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