Open AccessNonlinear Behavior of Masonry Arch Bridge Under Ground Deformation
Author(s) -
Yusuke Kishi,
Katsuyoshi Nozaka,
Kazuyuki Izuno
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of disaster research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.332
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1883-8030
pISSN - 1881-2473
DOI - 10.20965/jdr.2011.p0044
Subject(s) - arch , structural engineering , masonry , finite element method , deformation (meteorology) , bridge (graph theory) , engineering , nonlinear system , arch bridge , span (engineering) , geotechnical engineering , geology , physics , medicine , oceanography , quantum mechanics
This paper discusses simple modeling and examples of masonry arch bridge analysis considering ground deformation. Preserving historicalmasonry arch bridges is important to continuing our industrial heritage for the next generations. A single-span masonry arch bridge was analyzed using the finite element method with two meshing schemes considering material nonlinearity to define reasonable modeling for such arch bridges. Results show that analytical model meshed automatically with a commercial FEM program preprocessor considering material plasticity reasonably simulates the behavior of the detailed masonry model. The effects of deformation on bridge behavior and stress distribution in arch bridges are also discussed.