Experimental study on seismic resistance of a two-hinge precast arch culvert using strong earthquake response simulator

Abstract

The design of traditional culvert structures in Japan has not considered seismic stability, because such structures have not suffered terrible damage in past earthquakes. In recent years, however, the construction of precast arch culverts, which include hinges in the main body and are outside the range of conventional culverts, has been increasing. In this study, large-scale shaking table test using a strong earthquake response simulator was conducted to clarify the seismic behavior of a two-hinge precast arch culvert. Furthermore, the inner space displacement and the earth pressure of the culvert were measured in each construction stage. From the results, it was found that the seismic response of the culvert is governed by the shear deformation of surrounding soil; and thus, a seismic deformation method will be probably applicable to the aseismic design. However, the modification mode of the component did not change according to the banking height and the culvert did not behave as expected in the construction stage.

Behaviour of corrugated steel plate bridge with high soil cover under seismic excitation

“…However, in most cases the works concern the impacts on RC culverts (box and arch ones). The example can be the paper [8] where the impact of seismic excitations on a RC culvert structure of arch cross-section was analysed be means of Time History method. The analysis of seismic excitations on a CSP bridge shell was conducted in the paper [9].…”

The effect of mine induced tremors on seismic response of soil-steel bridges

“…The problem of seismic response of bridges is well represented in the Literature, however with very few examples of the culverts. For example, Sawamura et al [8] applied the Time History analysis to analyse the impact of seismic excitations on arch reinforced concrete (RC) culverts. In case of the analysis of soil-steel culverts and bridges in terms of the evaluation of seismic loads impact, the World Literature is rather poor.…”