Research Article

Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge

Volume: 22 Number: 2 April 10, 2020
  • Kadir Ozakgul
  • Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz *
  • Barlas Özden Çağlayan
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Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge

Abstract

In this study, fragility analysis of a reinforced concrete arch railway bridge with a total length of 285 m having seven spans of 35 m, a height of 34 m and 15 ‰ slope were performed. The bridge constructed in 1928 still continues to give service. Because the bridge is located in a seismically active region in the southern part of Turkey and on a road, which is critical and important for national railway transportation, it was aimed to perform a probabilistic seismic assessment of the bridge. For this purpose, firstly, 3D finite-element model of the bridge was generated with the software SAP2000 according to the original constructional drawings. Then, the initial FE model was verified using its natural frequencies and mode shapes obtained from in-situ field acceleration measurements. Nonlinear time-history analyses were performed to obtain the seismic demands for 60 different real earthquake records. Probabilistic seismic demand model (PSDM) was derived to determine relations between engineering demand parameter (EDP) and intensity measure (IM). Lateral displacements of the mid-spans were considered as a damage state for three different service velocities. Finally, fragility curves of the bridge were derived.

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Supporting Institution

TUBITAK and Turkish Railways Administration (TCDD)

Project Number

114M332

Thanks

This research presented in this paper was supported by TUBITAK 114M332 project and Turkish Railways Administration (TCDD). Any opinions expressed in this paper are those of authors and do not reflect the opinions of the supporting agencies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Kadir Ozakgul This is me
0000-0002-2666-3836
Türkiye

Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz * This is me
0000-0002-2746-7589
Türkiye

Barlas Özden Çağlayan This is me
0000-0002-8986-9188
Türkiye

Publication Date

April 10, 2020

Submission Date

August 8, 2019

Acceptance Date

March 4, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 22 Number: 2

APA
Ozakgul, K., Yılmaz, M. F., & Çağlayan, B. Ö. (2020). Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, 22(2), 534-546. https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.718193
AMA
1.Ozakgul K, Yılmaz MF, Çağlayan BÖ. Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2020;22(2):534-546. doi:10.25092/baunfbed.718193
Chicago
Ozakgul, Kadir, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, and Barlas Özden Çağlayan. 2020. “Fragility Analysis of a Historical Reinforced Concrete Arch Railway Bridge”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 22 (2): 534-46. https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.718193.
EndNote
Ozakgul K, Yılmaz MF, Çağlayan BÖ (April 1, 2020) Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 22 2 534–546.
IEEE
[1]K. Ozakgul, M. F. Yılmaz, and B. Ö. Çağlayan, “Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge”, Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 534–546, Apr. 2020, doi: 10.25092/baunfbed.718193.
ISNAD
Ozakgul, Kadir - Yılmaz, Mehmet Fatih - Çağlayan, Barlas Özden. “Fragility Analysis of a Historical Reinforced Concrete Arch Railway Bridge”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi 22/2 (April 1, 2020): 534-546. https://doi.org/10.25092/baunfbed.718193.
JAMA
1.Ozakgul K, Yılmaz MF, Çağlayan BÖ. Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2020;22:534–546.
MLA
Ozakgul, Kadir, et al. “Fragility Analysis of a Historical Reinforced Concrete Arch Railway Bridge”. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 2, Apr. 2020, pp. 534-46, doi:10.25092/baunfbed.718193.
Vancouver
1.Kadir Ozakgul, Mehmet Fatih Yılmaz, Barlas Özden Çağlayan. Fragility analysis of a historical reinforced concrete arch railway bridge. Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2020 Apr. 1;22(2):534-46. doi:10.25092/baunfbed.718193