Simplified Performance Assessment for Single-Span Masonry Arch Bridges under Live Load
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 26, Issue 6
Abstract
A quantitative, rapid screening assessment methodology for masonry arch bridges, with minimal input parameters, is proposed. The developed mechanism-based analysis procedure is validated against a set of available experimental data. Performance levels are then prescribed for bridges falling into proposed subsets based on geometric proportions. A generalized amplification factor (κ) is introduced, which could account for an increase in demand due to a dynamic vehicle–bridge interaction as well as an increase in axle loads. Finally, fragility curves are generated, which gives the probability of collapse for a bridge subset against increasing demand parameter.
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Volume 26 • Issue 6 • June 2021
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Received: Oct 3, 2020
Accepted: Jan 21, 2021
Published online: Mar 30, 2021
Published in print: Jun 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Aug 30, 2021
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