Seismic isolation retrofitting solution for an existing steel cable-stayed bridge

• Main Authors: Javanmardi, Ahad, Ibrahim, Zainah, Ghaedi, Khaled, Khan, Niaz Bahadur, Benisi Ghadim, Hamed
• Format: Article
• Published: Public Library of Science 2018
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21746/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200482

This paper investigated the seismic retrofitting of an existing cable-stayed bridge through the use of a seismic isolation system. The bridge is situated in a high seismic zone. During the Saguenay earthquake 1988, one of the anchorage plates of the bridge supports failed. Herein, several configurat...