Topics
Topics covered
by the group include:
- Performance-based design of bridges (concrete and steel bridges).
- Calibration of code procedures for seismic design of bridges - Comparative assessment of European (Eurocode 8 - Part 2) and international (US, Japan, other) standards and design practice for bridges; calibration studies might be analytically and/or experimentally oriented.
- Improved analytical procedures for assessment of seismic performance of bridges, with emphasis on pushover methods accounting for higher mode effects.
- Fragility curves for bridges (methodologies and case studies).
- Application of passive systems (seismic isolation and energy dissipation devices) to existing bridges – development and application of new technologies.
- Seismic retrofit of bridge columns and foundations – Innovative retrofit methods.
- Analytical and experimental investigation of critical bridge components (with a view to improved design or effective retrofit).
- Instrumentation of bridges and structural health monitoring (with emphasis on seismic aspects); assessment of bridges based on instrumentation data.
- Displacement-based and performance-based assessment methods; deterministic and probabilistic approaches.
Foreseen Activities
In addition to
meetings, the foreseen
activities of the TG are (in a non-exclusive way):
• Dissemination of the research results produced by the TG members among them, as well as among the engineering community at large (a key point in this respect would be the launching of a web site with ability to upload and download material from it).
• Organization (every 2-3 years) of a workshop bearing essentially the same title as the TG, with oral presentations, round table discussions and other similar activities; CD ROM proceedings of the workshops will be available at their beginning
• Compilation of state of the art reports on topics falling within the scope of the TG, preferably in the form of special issues of the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (the official EAEE journal). Production of design-oriented documents (such as comparison of bridges designed to different code procedures) is also envisaged.
• Promotion of closer relationships and strong international outreach to US programmes on bridges such as that at the PEER Centre and the emerging US-Japan programme on bridge research.
• Dissemination of the research results produced by the TG members among them, as well as among the engineering community at large (a key point in this respect would be the launching of a web site with ability to upload and download material from it).
• Organization (every 2-3 years) of a workshop bearing essentially the same title as the TG, with oral presentations, round table discussions and other similar activities; CD ROM proceedings of the workshops will be available at their beginning
• Compilation of state of the art reports on topics falling within the scope of the TG, preferably in the form of special issues of the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering (the official EAEE journal). Production of design-oriented documents (such as comparison of bridges designed to different code procedures) is also envisaged.
• Promotion of closer relationships and strong international outreach to US programmes on bridges such as that at the PEER Centre and the emerging US-Japan programme on bridge research.