THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF BRIDGE PIERS DESIGNED BY FOUR MAJOR SEISMIC DESIGN CODES

Abstract

In order to clarify the feature of seismic design codes, nonlinear dynamic analysis of RC piers that have been designed by the seismic design codes of Japan, United States, Europe, and New Zealand, is carried out. In this study, Lattice Equivalent Continuum Model (LECM) is used as an analytical method. As a result of comparing the analytical results, the feature of the seismic design codes of each country is clarified. And LECM is possible to apply for solving the dynamic problem.