Critical Assessment of Intensity Measures for Seismic Response of Italian RC Bridge Portfolios. Issue 6 (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zelaschi, Claudia; Monteiro, Ricardo; Pinho, Rui
• Is Part Of: Journal of earthquake engineering. Volume 23:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 980
• Page End: 1000
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Intensity Measures -- Seismic Assessment -- Italian RC Bridge Portfolios -- Random Sampling -- Seismic Demand; Earthquake engineering -- Periodicals; 624.1762
• DOI: 10.1080/13632469.2017.1342293
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1363-2469

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The seismic assessment of a road network depends largely on the characterization of the fragility of its bridge components. The accuracy of bridge seismic demand estimates and the use of proper intensity measures (IM) will significantly influence such task. The available literature has mainly focused on buildings or a limited number of bridge configurations and IMs, which may not be representative for bridge portfolio assessment studies. In this paper, the correlation quality between a larger pool of traditional and innovative IMs and the nonlinear dynamic response of typical Italian RC bridges is investigated to identify the best-performing IMs.