Seismic fragility assessment of typical bridges in Northeastern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcante,Gustavo Henrique Ferreira
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Pereira,Eduardo Marques Vieira, Rodrigues,Isabela Durci, Vieira Júnior,Luiz Carlos Marcos, Padgett,Jamie Ellen, Siqueira,Gustavo Henrique
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Latin American journal of solids and structures (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-78252022000500504
• topic: seismic demand; fragility functions; parametric analysis; earthquake engineering; vulnerability assessment

Abstract This paper presents a seismic fragility assessment of bridges commonly found in Northeastern Brazil. A generic three-dimensional nonlinear finite-element model is generated in OpenSees to enable variation of geometric features and component modeling. A parametric analysis is performed to evaluate the impact of the geometric and physical variations of the bridge inventory on the seismic behavior of the structures. Nonlinear time-history analyses using four sets of natural earthquake records are performed to obtain the Probabilistic Seismic Demand Model for the bridges. Capacity models are adopted according to previous studies to be combined with demand models to generate fragility functions. This article helps the decision markers to predict the seismic behavior of typical bridges in Northeastern Brazil, which enables the evaluation of risk mitigation methods.