Bridge Column Seismic Performance Tools to Support Asset Management

Bridge engineers manage large inventories of bridges, with many bridges located in regions of high seismicity. The preponderance of these bridges are supported on reinforced concrete columns, so the post-earthquake functionality of the traffic network strongly depends on the performance of reinforced concrete columns subjected to axial and cyclic lateral loading. To support the development of accurate and computationally efficient seismic performance models for individual columns, the proposed research will develop tools to enable easy and rapid access to experimental data sets characterizing the response and performance of reinforced concrete columns subjected to cyclic loading in the laboratory. Research will be accomplished by expanding, modernizing, and improving the capabilities of an existing structural performance database hosted by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. The data repository and the tools that facilitate selection and compilation of individual bridge column data sets stored in this repository will be shared with the public and state departments of transportation to ensure broad impact.

• Record URL:
  • https://abc-utc.fiu.edu/bridge-column-seismic-performance-tools-to-support-asset-management/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $80,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3552348322

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Innovative Bridge Technologies/Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (IBT/ABC-UTC)

  Florida International University
  Miami, FL  United States 

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  201 More Hall, Box 352700
  Seattle, WA  United States  98195-2700
• Principal Investigators:

  Eberhard, Marc

• Start Date: 20260101
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Asset management; Columns; Databases; Earthquake resistant design; Reinforced concrete bridges
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01987963
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Innovative Bridge Technologies/Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center (IBT/ABC-UTC)
• Contract Numbers: 69A3552348322
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Apr 27 2026 7:45PM