Stochastic finite element analysis of a cable-stayed bridge system with varying material properties |
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Authors: | Özlem Çavdar Alemdar Bayraktar Süleyman Adanur |
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Affiliation: | 1. Gumushane University, Department of Civil Engineering, 29000, Gumushane, Turkey;2. Karadeniz Technical University, Department of Civil Engineering, 61080, Trabzon, Turkey |
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Abstract: | Stochastic seismic finite element analysis of a cable-stayed bridge whose material properties are described by random fields is presented in this paper. The stochastic perturbation technique and Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) method are used in the analyses. A summary of MCS and perturbation based stochastic finite element dynamic analysis formulation of structural system is given. The Jindo Bridge, constructed in South Korea, is chosen as a numerical example. The Kocaeli earthquake in 1999 is considered as a ground motion. During the stochastic analysis, displacements and internal forces of the considered bridge are obtained from perturbation based stochastic finite element method (SFEM) and MCS method by changing elastic modulus and mass density as random variable. The efficiency and accuracy of the proposed SFEM algorithm are evaluated by comparison with results of MCS method. The results imply that perturbation based SFEM method gives close results to MCS method and it can be used instead of MCS method, especially, if computational cost is taken into consideration. |
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Keywords: | Stochastic finite element method (SFEM) Stochastic perturbation technique Cable-stayed bridge Random variable Monte Carlo simulation (MCS) method |
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