Research Article

Lateral Seismic Response and Self-Centering Performance of a Long-Span Railway Continuous Beam-Arch Bridge

Table 1

Parameter values for various analytical models for continuous beam-arch bridge.

Bridge component modelParameters

Bearing
 AbutmentF = 99 kN, K = 33159 kN/m, Dy = 0.003 m
 PierF = 848 kN, K = 282657 kN/m, Dy = 0.003 m

Shear keyVI = 639.8 kN, VII = 886 kN
ΔI = 0.0036 m, ΔII = 0.0115 m, ΔIV = 0.0573 m

Pounding
 AbutmentΔG = 0.03 m, K1 = 28224 kN/m, K2 = 11904 kN/m
 PierΔG = 0.03 m, K1 = 179954 kN/m, K2 = 75662 kN/m