Behavior of rectangular steel bridge piers with corrosion damages in the corners subjected to 2 horizontal directional loading

Abstract

Many steel structures have been faced to the problem of superannuation in Japan. Severe damages will be caused in these structures subjected to huge earthquakes. It is necessary to secure safety of these structures to such earthquakes. Two-dimensional horizontal behavior of seismic response of structures with damages by corrosion has been hardly researched. Therefore, in this study experiments and numerical analyses intended for rectangular steel bridge piers with damages in the corners were conducted in order to evaluate two-dimensional behavior. As a result, it was clarified that the decrease of strength of steel piers with damages by corrosion was remarkable.