PRC-US Workshop on Seismic Analysis and Design of Special Bridges

Edited by Lichu Fan and George C. Lee

MCEER-03-0004 | 07/15/2003 | 288 pages

Keywords: China.  Seismicity.  Performance based design.  Highway systems.  Bridges.  Seismic evaluation.  Long-span bridges.  Railway bridges.  Seismic design.  Seismic retrofit.  New Jersey.  Golden Gate Bridge.  Base isolation.  Cable stayed bridges.  Lu-Pu Bridge, China.  Dampers.  Freeway bridges.  Sliding.  Pounding.  Double decks.  Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge, China.  Glass fiber reinforced polymers.

Abstract: These Proceedings are the result of the first in a series of international workshops on seismic analysis and design of special bridges collaboratively arranged by MCEER and the State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.  The workshop themes include seismic design and retrofit of long span bridges, performance based design, seismic safety evaluation, soil-pile-structure interaction and pseudo-dynamic and hydrodynamic experimental study.  This volume contains 22 papers addressing a wide range of these research fields, and including a discussion of seismicity in China.  The workshop agenda and list of participants is also included.