TY - JOUR
T1 - Response-based bridge deck limit state considering component-level failure under extreme wave
AU - Yuan, Peng
AU - Zhu, Deming
AU - Dong, You
AU - Xu, Guoji
N1 - Funding Information:
The work has been supported by the Research Grant Council of Hong Kong ( PolyU 15219819 ) and a grant PolyU1-BBWM from the Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development , the Hong Kong Polytechnic University . The opinions and conclusions presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring organizations.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Coastal bridges are crucial components of transportation systems; however, they are susceptible to increasing failure risk from extreme waves due to climate change scenarios. Previously, most of the studies focused on the extreme wave forces on the bridge superstructure, while the effects of the overturning moment, bearing constraints, and local damage were seldom discussed. This research conducts an in-depth investigation on the wave-bridge interaction to explore the structural limit state of the coastal bridges subjected to extreme waves considering component failure. Firstly, a three-dimensional (3D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model is established and validated to simulate the wave-bridge interaction under various wave scenarios. To lend confidence to the CFD model, laboratory experiments are conducted to improve and validate the simulation results. Subsequently, based on the numerical results, wave force prediction methods are proposed by considering the solitary wave characteristics. Accordingly, the time histories of wave forces are imported into a spatial Finite Element (FE) model of the investigated bridge FE model to compute dynamic structural responses, including bearing reaction forces, bridge displacements, and bearing working states. Then, based on the dynamic structural response, a novel structural limit state incorporating component damage is developed to prevent bearing damages under the wave impacts and corresponding structural demand is parametrically studied and quantified with different wave parameters. Such a study could help optimal and robust designs of coastal bridges and modifications of existing ones.
AB - Coastal bridges are crucial components of transportation systems; however, they are susceptible to increasing failure risk from extreme waves due to climate change scenarios. Previously, most of the studies focused on the extreme wave forces on the bridge superstructure, while the effects of the overturning moment, bearing constraints, and local damage were seldom discussed. This research conducts an in-depth investigation on the wave-bridge interaction to explore the structural limit state of the coastal bridges subjected to extreme waves considering component failure. Firstly, a three-dimensional (3D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model is established and validated to simulate the wave-bridge interaction under various wave scenarios. To lend confidence to the CFD model, laboratory experiments are conducted to improve and validate the simulation results. Subsequently, based on the numerical results, wave force prediction methods are proposed by considering the solitary wave characteristics. Accordingly, the time histories of wave forces are imported into a spatial Finite Element (FE) model of the investigated bridge FE model to compute dynamic structural responses, including bearing reaction forces, bridge displacements, and bearing working states. Then, based on the dynamic structural response, a novel structural limit state incorporating component damage is developed to prevent bearing damages under the wave impacts and corresponding structural demand is parametrically studied and quantified with different wave parameters. Such a study could help optimal and robust designs of coastal bridges and modifications of existing ones.
KW - 3D numerical models
KW - Bearing performance
KW - Coastal bridges
KW - Laboratory experiments
KW - Overturning effects
KW - Wave force
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U2 - 10.1016/j.marstruc.2022.103184
DO - 10.1016/j.marstruc.2022.103184
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85124985921
SN - 0951-8339
VL - 83
JO - Marine Structures
JF - Marine Structures
M1 - 103184
ER -