Dynamic Response Analysis of Coastal Piled Bridge Pier Subjected to Current, Wave and Earthquake Actions with Different Structure Orientations
Riyadh Alsultani, Ibtisam R. Karim, Saleh I. Khassaf
Abstract
Abstract The goal of the experiment described in this paper was to examine the effects of structure orientation (0°–90°) and fluid–structure interaction (FSI) under combined water loads, represented by water current and waves, and earthquake actions, on the dynamic response of a reduced-scale bridge pier specimen with pile foundation. The peak relative displacement and peak acceleration of the specimen are measured using the first time innovative in Iraq, Reality Water–Structure–Earthquake Interaction Test (RWSEIT). The findings are given and analyzed concerning water depths, current speed, wave characteristics, earthquake amplitudes, and structural orientations. A numerical model of the examined specimen with three dimensions (3D) was constructed, and the findings were successfully confirmed using the data from the experiments. A pile foundation bridge pier's 3D structural response under orientations that cannot be tested in a lab was computed using the constructed numerical model. The complicated dynamically produced FSI effects on the response of coastal pile foundation bridges may be better understood according to the research's experimental and numerical findings.