Research Article

Evaluation on Impact Interaction between Abutment and Steel Girder Subjected to Nonuniform Seismic Excitation

Table 5

Peak response of axial stress of steel girder.

LocationUniformNonuniform (400 m/s)Nonuniform (200 m/s)
Time (s)Stress (kPa)Time (s)Stress (kPa)Time (s)Stress (kPa)

Left end15.288.26 1037.788.39 10311.924.44 103
Right end16.08.05 1037.348.96 10312.447.97 103