RTRI REPORT April 1999

Seismic Design of RC Rigid Frame Viaduct

Yukihiro TANIMURA, Shinichi TAMAI
Kazuyuki SHIMONO, Tadatomo WATANABE


  In the seismic design against large scale earthquakes, it is necessary to obtain the response calculated through dynamic nonlinear analysis. On the other hand, the dynamic behavior of structure changes according to material characteristics and the strength of structural members at earthquake. Moreover, the characteristic of RC column of rigid frame viaducts changes in correspondence with the axial force. In this paper, the influence of these factors on seismic performance was examined.



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