Abstract
Prefabricated bridge technology has come into wide spread use as fabricated technology has advanced, but engineering applications of fabricated bridge technology are primarily focused on the bridge superstructure, considerably restricting the use of prefabricated bridge technology for the bridge substructure due to the uncertainty in the seismic performance and damage mechanism of segmental assembled piers. Based on this, two new segment connection methods were proposed and applied to the prefabricated piers. Four specimens with a scale of 0.4 were designed and manufactured. The seismic performance of two new types of assembled single column piers, namely cone sleeve-FRC (CSF) wet joint segmental assembled pier and main reinforcement lap-UHPC (MRLU) wet joint segmental assembled pier, is investigated and compared with integral cast-in-place pier to analyze the effects of FRC and UHPC on the seismic performance of the piers, using the proposed static test. The results show that the pier connected by cone sleeve-FRC wet joint exhibits a good energy dissipation and ductility, small deformation, the highest peak bearing capacity and the best seismic performance. Based on the tests, finite element models of the members were created, and the member CSF-1, which has the best seismic performance, was parametrically analyzed by taking three influencing factors into account: axial compression ratio, longitudinal reinforcement area and hoop reinforcement spacing. It is indicated that a significant improvement in seismic performance can be achieved by reducing the hoop spacing, increasing the longitudinal reinforcement diameter and axial compression ratio.
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