基于易损性曲线的冲刷桩基梁桥地震损伤机理研究

FRAGILITY-BASED SEISMIC DAMAGE MECHANISM INVESTIGATION OF SCOURED PILE-GROUP SUPPORTED HIGHWAY BRIDGES

  • 摘要: 冲刷和地震是我国跨江河桥梁须考虑的两种灾害类型。冲刷会侵蚀桩周土体,改变场地边界条件,影响结构地震动输入,导致桩基桥梁的动力行为和地震损伤机理尤为复杂,大大增加了跨江河桥梁抗震设计和运维的难度。该研究以我国量大面广的砂土场地群桩基础梁桥为研究对象,选取多种河床一般冲刷场景,考虑结构、土体参数以及地震动输入的不确定性,建立场地-桩基-桥梁一体化模型并采用振动台试验验证,研究冲刷对结构关键地震响应的影响。并结合地震易损性方法,从概率角度分析群桩基础梁桥在冲刷和地震联合作用下的损伤机理。研究表明,冲刷会显著影响群桩基础梁桥的地震需求;随着冲刷深度增加,群桩基础各潜在塑性区的地震损伤概率增大,而桥墩地震损伤概率呈减小趋势。冲刷可能使群桩基础梁桥潜在地震损伤部位从支座、桥墩转移至基础,使基础成为地震易损构件。在地震往复荷载作用下,外排桩作为前、后排桩时的土下桩身塑性区域边缘会重叠,导致外排桩的塑性区域总长度大于中排桩。随着冲刷深度增大,土下桩身塑性铰埋深会减小。不同损伤概率水平下,支座、桥墩、基础的损伤顺序不同,但对于群桩基础而言,各塑性铰出现顺序一致,依次为:外排桩桩顶、中排桩桩顶、外排桩土下桩身、中排桩土下桩身。该研究可为我国跨江河梁桥的抗震性能评估、设计、加固提供依据。

     

    Abstract: Scour and earthquakes are two critical hazards that should be considered in the design of highway bridges crossing rivers in China. Scour erodes the soil around piles and changes the boundary condition of the bridge site, which thus affects the bridge’s seismic input. Their combined effects significantly complicate the dynamic behavior and seismic damage mechanisms of pile-supported bridges, thereby increasing the challenges in seismic design and maintenance of such bridges. This study focuses on widely built pile group supported highway girder bridges in sandy soil, considering various riverbed scour scenarios. The corresponding coupled site–foundation–bridge finite element (FE) model is developed in this study, considering the uncertainties in structural and soil parameters as well as the record-to-record variability. The FE model is then validated by comparing the shaking table test data. After that, the impact of scour on the key seismic response of bridges is investigated. Furthermore, based on the seismic fragility method, the seismic damage mechanism of pile group supported girder bridges under the combined effects of earthquake and scour is explored in a probabilistic manner. The research result shows that scour significantly affects the seismic demand of pile group supported bridges. As the scour depth increases, the seismic fragility of the potential plastic regions in the pile group gradually increases, while the damage probability of the piers tends to decrease. More importantly, the seismic damage location could shift from the pier and bearing to the pile group, making the pile group a vulnerable component. Under cyclic seismic loading, the below-ground plastic regions that form in an outer-row pile when it acts as the leading and trailing pile, respectively, may overlap, producing a total plastic-region length greater than that of the middle-row piles. As the scour depth increases, the embedded depths of the below-ground plastic region in pile shafts decrease. Under different damage probability levels, the damage sequence among the bearing, pier, and foundation differs. However, the damage sequence of potential plastic hinges within the pile group is consistent, with the order as follows: the pile head of the outer-row piles, the pile head of the middle-row piles, the pile shaft below the ground of the outer-row piles, and the pile shaft below the ground of the middle-row piles. This study can provide a reference for the seismic performance assessment, design, and retrofit of river-crossing highway bridges in China.

     

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