Dynamic Response of Infrastructure to Environmentally Induced Loads

1. Front Matter

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2. Influence of Seismic Wave Angle of Incidence Over the Response of Long Curved Bridges Considering Soil-Structure Interaction

   • Anastasios G. Sextos, Olympia Taskari

   Pages 1-17

3. Alternative Approaches to the Seismic Analysis of R/C Bridges

   • Tatjana Isakovic, Matej Fischinger

   Pages 19-36

4. Multi-platform Hybrid (Experiment-Analysis) Simulations

   • Oh-Sung Kwon

   Pages 37-63

5. Field Structural Dynamic Tests at the Volvi-Greece European Test Site

   • George C. Manos

   Pages 65-76

6. An Intercontinental Hybrid Simulation Experiment for the Purposes of Seismic Assessment of a Three-Span R/C Bridge

   • Anastasios G. Sextos, Olympia Taskari

   Pages 77-88

7. Experimental Seismic Assessment of the Effectiveness of Isolation Techniques for the Seismic Protection of Existing RC Bridges

   • L. Di Sarno, F. Paolacci

   Pages 89-114

8. Modeling of High Damping Rubber Bearings

   • Athanasios A. Markou, Nicholas D. Oliveto, Anastasia Athanasiou

   Pages 115-138

9. Experimental Methods and Activities in Support of Earthquake Engineering

   • Stathis N. Bousias

   Pages 139-157

10. Time Reversal and Imaging for Structures

    • C. G. Panagiotopoulos, Y. Petromichelakis, C. Tsogka

    Pages 159-182

11. Decentralized Infrastructure Health Monitoring Using Embedded Computing in Wireless Sensor Networks

    • Kosmas Dragos, Kay Smarsly

    Pages 183-201

12. Effects of Local Site Conditions on Inelastic Dynamic Response of R/C Bridges

    • Ioanna-Kleoniki Fontara, Magdalini Titirla, Frank Wuttke, Asimina Athanatopoulou, George D. Manolis, Petia S. Dineva

    Pages 203-217

13. BEM-FEM Coupling in the Time-Domain for Soil-Tunnel Interaction

    • S. Parvanova, G. Vasilev, P. S. Dineva, Frank Wuttke

    Pages 219-236

14. Energy Methods for Assessing Dynamic SSI Response in Buildings

    • Mourad Nasser, George D. Manolis, Anastasios G. Sextos, Frank Wuttke, Carsten Könke

    Pages 237-257

15. Numerical and Experimental Identification of Soil-Foundation-Bridge System Dynamic Characteristics

    • P. Faraonis, Frank Wuttke, Volkmar Zabel

    Pages 259-267

16. Quantification of the Seismic Collapse Capacity of Regular Frame Structures

    • David Kampenhuber, Christoph Adam

    Pages 269-286

This book provides state of the art coverage of important current issues in the analysis, measurement, and monitoring of the dynamic response of infrastructure to environmental loads, including those induced by earthquake motion and differential soil settlement. The coverage is in five parts that address numerical methods in structural dynamics, soil–structure interaction analysis, instrumentation and structural health monitoring, hybrid experimental mechanics, and structural health monitoring for bridges. Examples that give an impression of the scope of the topics discussed include the seismic analysis of bridges, soft computing in earthquake engineering, use of hybrid methods for soil–structure interaction analysis, effects of local site conditions on the inelastic dynamic analysis of bridges, embedded models in wireless sensor networks for structural health monitoring, recent developments in seismic simulation methods, and seismic performance assessment and retrofit of structures. Throughout, the emphasis is on the most significant recent advances and new material. The book comprises extended versions of contributions delivered at the DE-GRIE Lab Workshop 2014, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in November 2014.

• Bridges Seismic Analysis
• DE-GRIE Lab Workshop 2014
• Earthquake Engineering
• Hybrid Experimental Mechanics
• Infrastructure Dynamic Response
• Seismic Simulation Methods
• Soil–structure Interaction
• Structural Health Monitoring

• Department of Civil Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

  Anastasios G. Sextos, George D. Manolis

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