This paper examines the efficiency of cable restrainers to prevent unseating of curved bridges located at sites near active faults. Forward rupture-directivity effects as [...]

The traditional approach to seismic hazard mitigation is to design structures with sufficient strength capacity and the ability to deform in a ductile manner. Alternative [...]

This paper investigates the possibility of pounding, deck unseating and tangential joint residual damage due to curvature effects. Furthermore, an evaluation of the effec [...]

Damages of adjacent bridge structures due to relative responses such as poundings and unseating have been observed in many earthquakes. The isolators in bridge structures [...]

The spatial variability of the input ground motion at the supporting foundations plays a key role in the structural response of flexible long span bridges such as cable-s [...]