Analysis of longitudinal seismic response of bridge with magneto-rheological elastomeric bearings

Rui Li; Xi Li; Yueyuan Wu; Shiwei Chen; Xiaojie Wang

doi:10.1117/12.2218867

20 April 2016 Analysis of longitudinal seismic response of bridge with magneto-rheological elastomeric bearings

Rui Li, Xi Li, Yueyuan Wu, Shiwei Chen, Xiaojie Wang

Proceedings Volume 9803, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2016; 98034I (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218867
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Abstract

As the weakest part in the bridge system, traditional bridge bearing is incapable of isolating the impact load such as earthquake. A magneto-rheological elastomeric bearing (MRB) with adjustable stiffness and damping parameters is designed, tested and modeled. The developed Bouc-Wen model is adopted to represent the constitutive relation and force-displacement behavior of an MRB. Then, the lead rubber bearing (LRB), passive MRB and controllable MRB are modeled by finite element method (FEM). Furthermore, two typical seismic waves are adopted as inputs for the isolation system of bridge seismic response. The experiments are carried out to investigate the different response along the bridge with on-off controlled MRBs. The results show that the isolating performance of MRB is similar to that of traditional LRB, which ensures the fail-safe capability of bridge with MRBs under seismic excitation. In addition, the controllable bridge with MRBs demonstrated the advantage of isolating capacity and energy dissipation, because it restrains the acceleration peak of bridge beam by 33.3%, and the displacement of bearing decrease by 34.1%. The shear force of the pier top is also alleviated.

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Rui Li, Xi Li, Yueyuan Wu, Shiwei Chen, and Xiaojie Wang "Analysis of longitudinal seismic response of bridge with magneto-rheological elastomeric bearings", Proc. SPIE 9803, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2016, 98034I (20 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218867

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