Post-earthquake damage probability assessment of high-speed railway simply supported bridge based on traffic capacity

Abstract

Railway transportation is an important channel for emergency rescue and disaster relief. Traditionally, the method of evaluating the damage degree of bridges under different seismic intensities from the perspective of structural damage cannot be directly used to judge the traffic capacity of trains on bridges after earthquakes. It is impossible to guarantee the running safety and affect the transportation of materials after the earthquake. Because the damage state of track structure directly affects the running safety of trains, this study combines the relationship between the damage of track structure and the deformation of bridge structure after earthquake, and puts forward the transverse relative displacement of girder end (TRDGE) as the damage index of train running function of railway bridge after earthquake. Then, the OpenSees-TRBF (Train-Railway-Bridge-Foundation Coupled System Dynamic Analysis Platform) co-simulation method is used to carry out the train-track-bridge coupling dynamic calculation under different seismic damage states, and the running safety analysis database under different TRDGEs is established. Then, the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm is used to classify the bridge damage index of traffic capacity through different target safety speeds. Based on the probabilistic seismic demand model, the exceedance probability curve of traffic capacity damage under different seismic intensities is established. Finally, based on the curve, the running safety risk domain of trains on the bridge under different seismic intensities is obtained with a confidence level of 95 %. This study proposes a post-earthquake damage assessment method for railway bridges based on the assurance of running safety probabilities, evaluating the damage degree of the bridge with the residual traffic capacity of the bridge after the earthquake. This study can be applied to assess earthquake damage on existing railway bridges and provide references for the safe speed of trains on the bridge after an earthquake.