Validation of OpenSees for Tsunami Loading on Bridge Superstructures
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 23, Issue 4
Abstract
The performance of bridges prone to tsunami hazards is critical to the resilience of coastal communities. An important component of resilience is the development of design guidelines, which requires simulating the hydrodynamic loads imparted on bridges by tsunami waves. To support such simulation efforts, data collected from wave flume experiments were used to validate the particle finite-element method (PFEM) implementation in OpenSees, which has been widely used for earthquake engineering simulation of bridges. The numerical results agree well with the experimental data, showing the potential use of OpenSees for determining hydrodynamic loads on engineered structures. Given the wide-ranging earthquake engineering simulation capabilities of OpenSees, these validations form a basis for simulating bridge responses to multihazard earthquake and tsunami scenarios.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank Dr. Jun-ichi Hoshikuma and Dr. Hisashi Nakao for sharing data and video from the PWRI wave flume experiments. The research was supported by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research (PEER) Center and the Oregon State University (OSU) College of Engineering through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. Portions of this material are based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant 1344695. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation, PWRI, PEER, or OSU.
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Volume 23 • Issue 4 • April 2018
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Received: May 16, 2017
Accepted: Oct 26, 2017
Published online: Feb 6, 2018
Published in print: Apr 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Jul 6, 2018
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