SEISMICDESIGNOFRAILWAY

BRIDGES

SergeMONTENS
SYSTRA
 SPECIFICITIESOFRAILWAYBRIDGES
HIGHLONGITUDINALPIERSTIFFNESSREQUIRED:
Railstructureinteractionrequirements are
severe:
checkdifferential longitudinaldisplacement under
brakingacceleration loads <5mm

HIGHPIERSTIFFNESSSHORTVIBRATIONPERIOD
HIGHSEISMICACCELERATION
 RAILSTRUCTUREINTERACTIONANALYSIS
ALLOWSCONSIDERINGDISPATCHINGOF
BRAKINGACCELERATIONLOADSTHROUGHTHE
RAILS
LESSCONSERVATIVEDESIGNOFPIERSTIFFNESS
REDUCTIONOFLONGITUDINALSEISMICFORCES
 INHIGHSEISMICAREAS,RAILSTRUCTURE
INTERACTIONANALYSISISREQUIREDIN
ORDERTODESIGNLESSSTIFFPIERS,AND
OPTIMIZETHESEISMICBEHAVIOUR
 USEOFLOCKUPDEVICES(ORSHOCK
TRANSMISSIONUNITS)

Lockupdevices could be used todispatch the

loads under earthquake toseveral piers,but
checkRSIdisplacement at SLS(problem ofgap
when loading lockupdevice)
 TRANSVERSEEARTHQUAKE

Transversebearings necessary onabutments

R=1(response modificationfactor)forsmall
bridges

Longviaducts invalleys:piers ofvarious

heights nosimultaneous plastichinging at
allpiers Rsmall,often R=1
 SERVICE EARTHQUAKE
FORMODERATEEARTHQUAKES,THETRAIN
OPERATIONSHOULDRESTARTAFTERTHE
EARTHQUAKE:
REDUCEDEARTHQUAKEHASTOBEDEFINED
(WITHREDUCEDRETURNPERIOD),notdefined in
Eurocodes

THESTRUCTUREHASTOBECHECKEDFORTHIS
REDUCEDEARTHQUAKE:NOREINFORCEMENT
YIELDING,LIMITEDHORIZONTALDISPLACEMENTS
EXAMPLEOFSHEARKEYSFORHSRVIADUCTS
 DAMPERS

DAMPERSCANBEUSEDINORDERTO
DECREASETHEDECKACCELERATIONAND
SUBSTRUCTURESSEISMICFORCES
THEBRIDGEMUSTBEUSABLEAFTER
SERVICE EARTHQUAKEFUSEELEMENTS
CANNOTBEUSED
THELONGITUDINALDISPLACEMENTUNDER
SERVICE EARTHQUAKEMUSTBELIMITED
TO20mm INORDERTOLIMITRAILSTRESSES
 EXAMPLESOFDAMPERS
A9VIADUCTONPERPIGNAN FIGUERASHSR
LINE:10DAMPERSOF1500kN
 EXAMPLESOFDAMPERS
VENTABRENVIADUCTONMEDITERRANEAN
HSRLINE
 CONCLUSION
INHIGHSEISMICAREAS,RAILSTRUCTURE
INTERACTIONANALYSISISREQUIREDIN
ORDERTODESIGNLESSSTIFFPIERS,AND
THENOPTIMIZETHESEISMICBEHAVIOUR
FREQUENTLYWEHAVER=1TRANSVERSELY
SERVICE EARTHQUAKEHASTOBE
DEFINED,ANDSPECIFICCHECKING
PERFORMED
DAMPERSCANBEUSED,BUTCAREFULLY