Numerical Investigation of Connection Forces of a Coastal Bridge Deck Impacted by Solitary Waves
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Volume 23, Issue 1
Abstract
In this paper, a numerical wave-loading model using the dynamic-mesh updating technique is combined with a nonlinear finite-element (FE) model to investigate the behavior of costal bridge superstructures under solitary waves. The numerical model has been tested by comparing it with laboratory experiments performed at Oregon State University. It is proven that the proposed model is reliable for predicting the bridge–wave interaction. Full-scale numerical experiments are then conducted to discuss the effect of vertical flexibility on connection forces. In this study, a typical value of horizontal restraint has been assigned to each bridge deck, and the vertical flexibility is introduced by allowing the bridge deck to rotate about the onshore side. The results show that a higher extent of deck rotation movement is accompanied with larger horizontal resultant forces. Also, the pattern of vertical resultant is significantly influenced, whereas the peak value does not change much. Moreover, the general characteristics of the relationship between the vertical resultant force and the overturning moment are discussed in detail for a vertically fixed deck, and they are represented by interaction diagrams. The direction of the overturning moment is distinguished. The significance of a negative overturning moment is revealed. At the end of the paper, an empirical model for predicting the interaction diagrams is proposed and tested.
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Acknowledgments
This work is partially supported by the National Science Foundation (CMMI-1334551).
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Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 23 • Issue 1 • January 2018
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Received: Jan 12, 2017
Accepted: May 26, 2017
Published online: Oct 18, 2017
Published in print: Jan 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Mar 18, 2018
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