Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of Long Span Prestressed Concrete Continuous Rigid Frame Bridge.

Bridges are critical links in a transportation network that are susceptible to seismic actions, their vulnerability assessment is essential for seismic risk assessment and mitigation. In order to explore the damage probability of long span prestressed concrete continuous rigid frame bridge in the event of earthquake, this study took the Longxi Jialing River Bridge as an example and presents seismic vulnerability assessment based on the incremental dynamic analysis method. Taking the curvature of the pier's most unfavorable section as the damage index, the seismic vulnerability curve of the pier was established with peak acceleration(PGA) as the independent variable and the probability of the structure exceeding a specific damage state as the dependent variable. Results demonstrate that under the action of a near-field earthquake, when PGA =0.5 g, the failure probabilities of slight damage is 0.02926, the failure probabilities of moderate damage is 0.01823, and the failure probabilities of severe damage is 0.00075. When PGA = 1.0 g, the failure probabilities of slight damage is 0.672 and 0.597 for moderate damage, 0.20109 for severe damage, and 0.00484 for complete damage. Under the action of a far-field earthquake, when PGA = 0.5 g, the failure probability of slight damage is 0.00194, and the failure probability of moderate damage is 0.00101 along the span direction. When PGA = 1.0 g, the failure probability of slight damage is 0.04358, 0.02802 for moderate damage, and 0.00138 for serious damage along the span direction. The complete damage of the bridge hardly occurs. With the increase of intensity of an earthquake, the failure probability of the pier gradually increases. After entering the moderate damage stage, the pier has relatively good ductility. This study provides a good reference for the seismic design of similar bridges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]