RESEARCH ARTICLE
Cyclic Nonlinear Behavior of Pile-Deck Connections Using Structural Software Models
Diego Sosa1, Pablo Caiza*, 2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2015Volume: 9
First Page: 236
Last Page: 248
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-9-236
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501509010236
Article History:
Received Date: 30/10/2014Revision Received Date: 7/11/2014
Acceptance Date: 8/12/2014
Electronic publication date: 28/5/2015
Collection year: 2015
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Abstract
A study of the cyclic nonlinear behavior of a pile-deck connection (characteristic of cargo port structures) is performed using OpenSEES Concrete02 and Concrete07. Advantages and disadvantages are determined by comparison with experimental results obtained in previous works. The parameters considered are: hysteretic energy, secant modulus, and ductility at moderate and severe damage. This work seeks to define whether more complex calculations warrant additional runtime. It is found that Concrete07, in fact, is much closer to the experimental results in terms of ductility. However, the estimates of hysteretic energy and secant modulus are similar in both models. A better vulnerability estimate would be obtained based on more accurate parameters such as ductility, hysteretic energy and secant modulus.