Seismic Vulnerability Evaluation of RC Urban Bridges

Abstract eng:
A methodology to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete (RC) urban bridges is presented. The objective of this paper resides in outlining a methodology to derive vulnerability functions for different typologies of urban bridges, which can relate the seismic hazard and the structure physical damage. This methodology doesn’t take in consideration the effects of soil-structure interaction. It’s concluded, among other things, that the developed methodology will be of great utility to assess the structural safety degree of the urban bridges before the seismic action, with the smallest number possible of field data to simplify the seismic vulnerability evaluation of RC bridges.

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