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Seismic Design of Bridge Piers Comparison

This paper compares the seismic performance of bridge piers designed according to the current Indian code (IRC) and other international codes like AASHTO and Eurocode. A two-span semi-integral bridge is used as a case study. Nonlinear finite element models are developed for bridge piers designed according to different codes. Seismic fragility curves constructed from the models show that the performance of piers designed under the Indian code is comparable to Eurocode but more vulnerable than AASHTO. The latest Indian code designs piers that are more resilient than Eurocode but not as much as AASHTO.

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Seismic Design of Bridge Piers Comparison

This paper compares the seismic performance of bridge piers designed according to the current Indian code (IRC) and other international codes like AASHTO and Eurocode. A two-span semi-integral bridge is used as a case study. Nonlinear finite element models are developed for bridge piers designed according to different codes. Seismic fragility curves constructed from the models show that the performance of piers designed under the Indian code is comparable to Eurocode but more vulnerable than AASHTO. The latest Indian code designs piers that are more resilient than Eurocode but not as much as AASHTO.

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16th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering

December 20-22, 2018


IIT Roorkee, India
Paper No. 27

Comparative Performance of Seismic Design of Highway


Bridge Piers using Various Codes
S. Shekhar1*, J. Ghosh2 and S. Ghosh3
1
Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, shivangshekhar@[Link]
2
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, jghosh@[Link]
3
Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, sghosh@[Link]

Abstract
A history of damaging earthquakes in the Indian subcontinent over the past century has
prompted noteworthy upgrades in seismic code provisions for highway bridge design.
However, a critical evaluation of current Indian code with other leading international codes is
necessary to understand the adequacy of the present standards from a global perspective. The
paper presents a comparative assessment of the seismic performance of bridge piers designed
using the current Indian code (IRC) with other leading international codes, such as AASHTO
code in USA and Eurocode in Europe. Code provisions such as specification of hazard, site
classification, design response spectrum, ductility classification, response reduction factors, and
design base shear, which affect the seismic design of highway bridge pier are compared. A two
span semi-integral bridge is chosen as the case-study and nonlinear finite element models of
designed bridge piers are developed to construct seismic fragility curves after the selection of
site-compatible ground motions.
Comparison of code based seismic fragility curves reveals the performance of present Indian
code design bridge pier to be comparable with AASHTO and Eurocode designs (Figure 1). The
bridge pier designed as per the latest code is more resilient as compared to Eurocode but it is
more vulnerable when compared to design specifications of AASHTO code.

Figure 1. Comparison of seismic fragility curves of case-study bridge pier designed as per
various seismic design codes for slight (S), moderate (M), extensive (E) and complete (C)
damage states
Keywords: Highway bridges, Seismic design codes, Seismic fragility

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