The Development of Seismic Performance Evaluation and Retrofit Design for Highway Bridges

The Development of Seismic Performance Evaluation and Retrofit Design for Highway Bridges

The seismic performance evaluation and effective retrofitting design for bridges can directly minimize the risk of structural damages and avoid the impact of social economy causing by traffic disruption. If the intended purpose of maintaining the basic function for existed bridges after disaster could be achieved, the inflicting losses on macroeconomic will be drastically reduced, and a rapid recovery for the nation's economy might be realized. Hence, the objective of this study is to investigate the development of seismic evaluation and retrofit methods in Taiwan. It is expected that the results could provide practical perception to those who are interested in the domains of bridge engineering and academic research.