학술논문

Effect of pile arrangement on the bending performance of an existing bridge footing under lateral seismic loading
Document Type
article
Source
Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures. January 2020 17(2)
Subject
existing bridge footing
pile arrangement
bending failure pattern
parametric analysis
bending capacity
Language
English
ISSN
1679-7825
Abstract
In this paper, to further understand the bending failure mechanism of a bridge footing subjected to lateral seismic loading, the effect of pile arrangement on the bending performance of a footing is mainly investigated by parametric analysis. The pile location can considerably affect the bending failure pattern of the footing by constraining the extent of yielding of footing top bars. The piles placed at the center of the sides parallel to the loading direction can constrain the extent of yielding of the top bars in the loading direction. Similarly, the piles at the center of the sides perpendicular to the loading direction can constrain the extent of yielding of the top bars in the other direction. The center pile can constrain the extent of yielding of the top bars in two directions. Additionally, based on the analytical results of the parametric analysis, the application condition of the current beam theory-based design method expected to accurately evaluate the footing bending capacity is discussed from the aspect of pile spacing.