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https://doi.org/10.3141/1624-09

http://scholar.google.com...ohll&publication_year=1998

From the toll plaza on the Oakland shores through the approach structures in San Francisco, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, built at a cost of $78,000,000 in 1937, is an engineering marvel that carries over a quarter-million vehicles per day. Because of the different segments of the bridge and their inherent vulnerabilities, retrofitting was assigned to several groups within the California Department of Transportation. Briefly described are the analysis and design of the seismic retrofit of the West Crossing, which spans San Francisco Bay between the city of San Francisco and Yerba Buena Island. From the outset of this project, the goal was to keep the bridge in service following a magnitude 8.0 earthquake from the nearby San Andreas fault. Included in this discussion is a summary of analytical and engineering procedures used to model the seismic behavior and the performance of this complex, important structure. In addition there is some insight into the various levels of analysis that were utilized so that the project-specific performance-based design criteria could be met. Furthermore, there is discussion of how energy dissipation through foundation rocking and the use of viscous dampening devices made the overall design objective obtainable. Finally, there is some discussion on the retrofit details used to ensure compliance with the design criteria.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1624, Structural Analysis and Design: Bridges, Culverts, and Pipes.

English

p. 73-81

1998

Transportation Research Record

0309064694

Figures (8) ; References (11)

Bridge foundations; Bridge superstructures; Design; Dissipation; Earthquake resistant design; Retrofitting; Suspension bridges

Design criteria; Vulnerability

San Francisco Bay

Bridges and other structures; Design; Energy; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls

TRIS, TRB

Nov 2 1998 12:00AM

• ACCOUNTING FOR EFFECTS OF CORROSION SECTION LOSS IN STEEL BRIDGES
• BEHAVIOR OF HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPE WITH SHALLOW COVER
• BEHAVIOR OF TENSION SPLICES FOR REINFORCING BARS EMBEDDED IN HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE
• BOUNDARY EFFECTS ON RESPONSE OF POLYETHYLENE PIPE UNDER SIMULATED LIVE LOAD
• ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BRIDGE REHABILITATION OPTIONS CONSIDERING LIFE-CYCLE COSTS
• EFFECT OF CORROSION ON CRACK DEVELOPMENT AND FATIGUE LIFE
• FATIGUE IMPACTS ON BRIDGE COST ALLOCATION
• FULL-SCALE TESTS OF A RAILWAY BRIDGE
• IMPACT OF 44 000-KG (97,000-LB) SIX-AXLE SEMITRAILER TRUCKS ON BRIDGES ON RURAL AND URBAN U.S. INTERSTATE SYSTEM
• IN-SERVICE PERFORMANCE OF INTEGRAL BRIDGES AND JOINTLESS DECKS
• INFLUENCE OF BRIDGE APPROACH, SURFACE CONDITION, AND VELOCITY ON IMPACT FACTORS FOR FATIGUE-PRONE DETAILS
• JAPANESE "MANUAL FOR THE AESTHETIC DESIGN OF BRIDGES"
• LABORATORY DETERMINATION OF SOIL STIFFNESS DATA FOR BURIED PLASTIC PIPES
• LABORATORY FACILITY FOR TESTING ROAD IRONWORK INSTALLATIONS
• LABORATORY TESTING OF LOW-VOLUME ROAD BRIDGE ALTERNATIVE
• LONG-SPAN REINFORCED STEEL BOX CULVERTS
• LONGITUDINAL RESTRAINT RESPONSE OF EXISTING BRIDGE BEARINGS
• NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR THERMOPLASTIC PIPES
• OPTIMIZATION OF STRUCTURAL DESIGN FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE BRIDGES
• PROFILES OF DESIGN DIMENSIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL NATURAL FREQUENCIES FOR STEEL INTERSTATE HIGHWAY BRIDGES IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI
• PROTOTYPE TESTING OF INTELLIGENT STIFFENER FOR BRIDGES AT I-35 WALNUT CREEK BRIDGE
• SEISMIC RETROFIT OF 1958 CARQUINEZ BRIDGE
• SEISMIC RETROFIT OF VINCENT THOMAS SUSPENSION BRIDGE
• SEISMIC STRENGTHENING OF COLUMN-PIER-CAP CONNECTIONS
• STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF BURIED PROFILE-WALL HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE PIPE AND INFLUENCE OF PIPE WALL GEOMETRY
• TESTING OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE CONCRETE SINGLE-SPAN BOX GIRDER
• THE GOLDEN PROPORTION AND AESTHETIC DESIGN OF LONG-SPAN BRIDGES