Vulnerability analysis of aqueduct structure based on boundary method

Abstract

The damage forms of aqueduct under earthquake are mainly reflected in column of bent and rubber bearing. Taking a typical aqueduct as an example, the uncertainty of structural materials of aqueduct is considered by Latin hypercube sampling method; the uncertainty of ground motion is considered by stratified sampling method; the aqueduct sample and seismic wave are randomly combined to carry out time history analysis to obtain structural response; the limit damage states of column of bent and rubber bearing are defined respectively; the vulnerability curves of components are established by classical vulnerability analysis method. The system vulnerability curve of aqueduct structure is obtained by boundary method. The results show that the rubber bearing of aqueduct is more vulnerable to damage than bent frame. The failure probability interval obtained by the second-order limit method is smaller than that obtained by the first-order limit method, and the second-order limit method is more reasonable to evaluate the seismic performance of aqueduct structure.