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  1 - Investigating the effect of increasing the height of bridge piers on seismic behavior of isolation systems in urban bridges (A case study on the Hesarak Bridge)
  Mehdi Firoozbakht Aliakbar Edalati
  10.30495/ijase.2023.705881
  Bridges are vital to modern transportation infrastructure, providing convenient and efficient access to different locations. Because of their structural simplicity and low degree of indeterminacy, bridges tend to be particularly vulnerable to damage and even collapse wh More

  Bridges are vital to modern transportation infrastructure, providing convenient and efficient access to different locations. Because of their structural simplicity and low degree of indeterminacy, bridges tend to be particularly vulnerable to damage and even collapse when subjected to earthquakes. The costs of their construction and retrofitting are high, so the maintenance of these capitals is one of the necessities of urban management. This paper investigates the influence of increasing the height of bridge piers on seismic behavior of isolation systems in urban reinforce concrete (RC) bridge. For this purpose, the seismic performance of the Hesarak Bridge constructed in Karaj city, Iran with two isolation systems; i.e. the existing elastomeric rubber bearing (ERB) and a proposed lead rubber bearing (LRB) are discussed by changing three times the height the bridge piers as compared with the existing situation. The numerical model was implemented in the well-known FEM software CSiBridge. The isolated bridge has been analyzed using nonlinear time history analysis (NTHA) method with seven pairs of earthquake records and the results are compared for the two isolation systems in both height modes. The results showed that with the increase in the height of the bridge piers, the natural period of the LRB isolated system changes from 2.7 to 2.77 seconds and on the other hand, this value increases from 1.37 to 1.62 in the ERB isolated system. The ratio of maximum base shear force for the bridge with the LRB to the ERB isolators under given ground motions in longitudinal and transverse directions showed higher values with increasing the height of bridge piers in comparison with the current situation, which indicates the weaker seismic performance of LRB isolators. Also, the results of the numerical Analysis illustrate the pier head relative displacement of columns increases in the longitudinal direction of the bridge with increasing height of bridge piers. Manuscript profile
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  2 - Investigate the effect of different Forta Ferro fiber concentrations on the tensile strength of concrete, an experimental study employing the Barcelona and double punch tests
  Ehsanollah Zeighami mohsen ghomi mohammad mirhosseini s lajevardi
  Concrete is highly vulnerable to tensile stress, and the use of rebar is not always practical or cost-effective. Forta Ferro fibers offer an alternative solution for enhancing the tensile strength of concrete. In this study, 36 cylindrical and 36 cubic samples were test More

  Concrete is highly vulnerable to tensile stress, and the use of rebar is not always practical or cost-effective. Forta Ferro fibers offer an alternative solution for enhancing the tensile strength of concrete. In this study, 36 cylindrical and 36 cubic samples were tested using compressive strength, Barcelona, and double punch tests. The samples were aged for 28 days and contained 0, 1, 2, or 3 kg/m3 of Forta Ferro fibers. The results showed that adding 1 to 3 kg/m3 of Forta Ferro fibers to the concrete increased the 28-day tensile strength (BCN test) by 8.40% to 9.04% in cylindrical samples and 8.71% to 8.93% in cubic samples. Similarly, the 28-day tensile strength (DPT) increased by 6.81% to 9.42% in cylindrical specimens and 3.92% to 6.69% in cubic specimens when Forta Ferro fibers were added. The proposed Chen coefficient of 1.08 is suggested as the correction factor for the Forta Ferro fibers. Manuscript profile