Indian Structural Steel Conference 2020

IIT Hyderabad, INDIA

March 25-27, 2020

COMPARITIVE STUDY ON DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF NON

ISOLATED AND ISOLATED HOWE TRUSS BRIDGE
First AUTHORa, Second AUTHORb* and Third AUTHORc
a
Graduate Student Assistant, b Associate Professor and c Professor
ab
Structural Steel Research Group, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Hyderabad, INDIA
Emails: Firstauthor@iith.ac.in, Secondauthor@iith.ac.in
c
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Alabama, USA
Email: Thirdauthor@gmail.com

Keywords: HOWE Truss; Isolation; Response Spectrum Analysis; High Damping Rubber Bearing.

ABSTRACT. Structural vibration control as an advanced technology in engineering consists

of implementing energy dissipation devices or control systems into structures to reduce
excessive structural vibration, enhance human comfort and prevent catastrophic structural
failure due to strong winds and earthquakes. When the bridge is subjected to earthquake
forces, structural elements will experience high levels of stresses. It is essential to study the
dynamic behavior of bridge during earthquake to design the bridge to withstand strong
ground motions. This study presents dynamic behavior of HOWE bridge truss, subjected to
strong ground motions. The Superstructure isolation of bridge using High damping rubber
bearing is carriedout in this study to understand the dynamic behavior of the bridge. And
comparative study done on Isolated and Isolated HOWE truss bridge and also restoring
capacity of High damping rubber bearing will be calculated. Response spectrum analysis is
used to study the dynamic behavior.

Methodology:
1. Analysis and Design of HOWE truss bridge for IRC loadings.
2. Design of Isolation bearing – High damping rubber bearing as per AASTHO.
3. Study of Dynamic behavior of HOWE truss bridge.
4. Comparative study on Non – Isolated and Isolated HOWE truss bridge .
5. Calculation of restoring capacity of High damping rubber bearing.

Findings from this investigation:

1. Dynamic Behavior of Non – Isolated and Isolated HOWE truss bridge

2. Member forces in all the members of HOWE truss bridge

3. Lateral deformation of Superstructure.

4. Lateral restoring capacity of High damping rubber bearing

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