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SECTION 1:
INTRODUCTION
1.1BACKGROUND C1.1
The state of practice of the seismic design of bridges is This commentary is included to provide additional
continually evolving, and the AASHTO Guide information to clarify and explain the technical basis for the
Specifications for LRFD Seismic Bridge Design was specifications provided in the Guide Specifications for
developed to incorporate improvements in the practice that LRFD Seismic Bridge Design. These specifications are for
have emerged since publication of ATC 6, Seismic Design the design of new bridges.
Guidelines for Highway Bridges, the basis of the current The term shall denotes a requirement for compliance
AASHTO seismic design provisions. While small with these Specifications.
improvements have been incorporated into the AASHTO The term should indicates a strong preference for a
seismic design procedures in the intervening years since given criterion.
ATC 6 was published in 1981, these Guide Specifications The term may indicates a criterion that is usable, but
and related changes to the current AASHTO LRFD Bridge other local and suitably documented, verified, and approved
Design Specifications represent the first major overhaul of criterion may also be used in a manner consistent with the
the AASHTO procedures. The development of these Guide LRFD approach to bridge design.
Specifications was performed in accordance with the The term recommended is used to give guidance
recommendations of the NCHRP 20-07/Task 193 Task 6 based on past experiences. Seismic design is a developing
Report. The Task 6 effort combined and supplemented field of engineering that has not been uniformly applied to
existing completed efforts (i.e., AASHTO Standard all bridge types; thus, the experiences gained to date on
Specifications Division I-A, NCHRP 12-49 guidelines, only a particular type are included as recommendations.
SCDOT specifications, Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria,
NYCDOT Seismic Intensity Maps (1998), and ATC-32)
into a single document that could be used at a national level
to design bridges for seismic effects. Based on the Task 6
effort and that of a number of reviewers, including
representatives from State Departments of Transportation,
the Federal Highway Administration, consulting engineers,
and academic researchers, these Guide Specifications were
developed.
Key features of these Guide Specifications follow:
SDC A
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1-2 AASHTO GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS FOR LRFD SEISMIC BRIDGE DESIGN
SDC B
SDC C
SDC D
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1.2.1Maps
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1-4 AASHTO GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS FOR LRFD SEISMIC BRIDGE DESIGN
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SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION 1-5
SDC A
PRELIMINARY DESIGN BRIDGE
AND SINGLE
TYPE SELECTION AND DESIGN
SPAN BRIDGES
FOR SERVICE LOADS
Figure 1.3-1Applicability of the Guide Specifications and the Seismic Design Procedure for Bridges in SDC A
and Single-Span Bridges
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1-6 AASHTO GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS FOR LRFD SEISMIC BRIDGE DESIGN
SDC B STEP 2
STEP 1 COMPUTE DISPLACEMENT
CAPACITY C
ARTICLE 4.8.1
DISPLACEMENT SATISFY MATHEMATICAL
DEMAND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT FOR (EDA)
D ARTICLE 5.5
ANALYSIS OR REDESIGN
USE PUSHOVER
FOR SDC C
C > D
SEISMIC DESIGN EFFECTIVE SECTION
PROPORTIONING PROPERTIES NO
ARTICLE 4.1 ARTICLE 5.6
YES
DETERMINE ABUTMENT
ANALYSIS PROCEDURE MODELING
ARTICLE 4.2 ARTICLE 5.2
MINIMUM SUPPORT AND
SHEAR KEY REQUIREMENTS
DETERMINE HORIZONTAL FOUNDATION MODELING AND ARTICLES 4.12 AND 4.14
GROUND MOTION EFFECTS LIQUEFACTION IF PRESENT
ALONG BOTH AXES ARTICLES 5.3 & 6.8
ARTICLE 4.3.1 FOUNDATION DESIGN
FIGURE 1.3-5
CONDUCT DEMAND
ANALYSIS
DAMPING AND SHORT ARTICLES 5.1.2 AND 4.4
PERIOD CONSIDERATIONS SDC B DETAILING
ARTICLES 4.3.2 & 4.3.3 FIGURE 1.3-5
DETERMINE DISPLACEMENT
DEMANDS ALONG COMPLETE
SELECT ANALYSIS MEMBER LOCAL AXES
PROCEDURES: (ESA) OR (EDA) ARTICLE 4.8
5.4.3
ARTICLES 5.4.2 OR 5.4.3
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SDC C STEP 2
STEP 1 COMPUTE DISPLACEMENT
CAPACITY, C , ARTICLE 4.8.1
OR BY PUSHOVER ANALYSIS
DISPLACEMENT SATISFY MATHEMATICAL
DEMAND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT FOR (EDA)
D ARTICLE 5.5
DETERMINE HORIZONTAL
MINIMUM SUPPORT AND
GROUND MOTION EFFECTS FOUNDATION MODELING AND SHEAR KEY REQUIREMENTS
ALONG BOTH AXES
LIQUEFACTION IF PRESENT ARTICLES 4.12 AND 4.14
ARTICLE 4.3.1 ARTICLES 5.3 & 6.8
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SDC D STEP 2
DETERMINE DISPLACEMENT
STEP 1 CAPACITY C
BY PUSHOVER ANALYSIS
DISPLACEMENT SATISFY MATHEMATICAL ARTICLE 4.8.2
DEMAND ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT FOR (EDA)
CHARACTERISTICS, C 4.11.5
D ARTICLE 5.5
AND GO TO STEP 1 OR 2
ADJUST BRIDGE
SEISMIC DESIGN C > D
PROPORTIONING EFFECTIVE SECTION
ARTICLE 4.1 PROPERTIES NO
ARTICLE 5.6
YES
DETERMINE
CHECK P -
ANALYSIS PROCEDURE
ABUTMENT MODELING REQUIREMENTS
ARTICLE 4.2
ARTICLE 5.2 ARTICLE 4.11.5
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