Modal analysis

Modal

Incremental Dynamic Analysis

Quantum mechanics

Engineering

Ground motion

Polymer chemistry

Spectral acceleration

Seismic hazard

Bridge (graph theory)

Civil engineering

Vibration

Computer science

Acoustics

Classical mechanics

Earthquake engineering

Peak ground acceleration

Physics

Finite element method

Database

Optics

Internal medicine

Attenuation

Measure (data warehouse)

Structural engineering

Medicine

Chemistry

Girder

Acceleration

Intensity (physics)

Engineering Structures

In the performance-based earthquake engineering framework, the ground motion intensity measure (IM) plays both the role of predicting structural seismic response and calculating seismic hazard curves. This study investigates the optimal ground motion IM for high-speed railway girder bridges (HRGBs). To that end, three representative HRGBs are selected for performing modal analysis first and results show that the vibration modes of HRGBs are scattered, and the contribution of high-order modes cannot be ignored. Then, a new intensity measure, S*, calculated by taking the spectral acceleration as the base and the mass participation coefficient as the index, is proposed. Through probabilistic seismic demand analysis (PSDA), compared with other 17 IMs, S* is more feasible, efficient and sufficient. Moreover, the attenuation relationship in terms of S* is proposed by simply modifying the existing attenuation models. Thus, S* is considered as the optimal IM for HRGBs.

Assessment of optimal ground motion intensity measure for high-speed railway girder bridge (HRGB) based on spectral acceleration