Research Article

Seismic Fragility Assessment of an Isolated Multipylon Cable-Stayed Bridge Using Shaking Table Tests

Table 3

Damage scheme for the correlation of the visual damage to the damage state.

ComponentsDamage typologyDamage state 1 (DS1)Damage state 2 (DS2)
Slight damageModerate damage

CableN/ABroken anchor

PylonDriftDrift larger than 0.3%Drift larger than 1.5%

PierCrack or steel yieldMinor crack of concretePier acceleration larger than 1.2 (g)

BearingDisplacementN/APeak displacement larger than 1 cm or uplift of top slab

DeckResidual displacementN/AResidual displacement larger than 0.7 cm

Note. N/A means that this type of damage state is not defined.