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Abstract

This paper focuses on the effect of spatially variable ground motions on the towers of cable-stayed bridges with 200, 400 and 600m main spans. Seismic analysis of the bridges is performed, taking account of different sources of the spatial variability, namely; incoherence and wave passage effects. To address these effects, the response of the towers is assessed under the effect of different propagation velocities of the seismic waves and different assumptions on the coherency of the ground motion, to conclude that the effect of spatially variable motions on the seismic response of cable-stayed bridges is dependent on the assumed wave propagation velocity and rate of coherency.

Publication Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	Published in Procedia Engineering: Efthymiou, E., and Camara, A. (2017). Effect of spatial variability of earthquakes on cable-stayed bridges. Procedia Engineering, 199, pp. 2949-2954. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.427.
Publisher Keywords:	cable-stayed bridges, spatial variability, wave passage effect, incoherence effect
Departments:	School of Science & Technology > Engineering

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