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Table 6 Maximum responses of the bridge under different excitations and delay times

From: Response of Aswan cable-stayed bridge to spatial non-synchronous seismic excitations

Excitation

Delay (s)

Pylon top displacement (cm)

Shear at the bottom of the pylon (kN)

Cable force (kN)

Base isolator

Vertical

Base shear/weight (%)

Cable 1

Cable 2

Cable 3

Displacement (cm)

Force (kN)

Displacement at midspan (cm)

Left

Right

Left

Right

Left

Right

Left

Right

Left

Right

Imperial Vally

0

13.4

11.5

3349

3234

14044

10686

14044

10686

11446

10686

9.46

1359

8.65

10.00

1

7.9

7.3

2054

2385

9010

8724

5153

4567

8030

8089

10.95

1449

5.62

8.59

2

6.9

7.7

2347

2399

7675

8035

7675

5081

7571

6979

7.40

1235

4.67

8.15

3

5.9

7.6

2365

2096

8581

9681

6589

7205

8635

7698

8.45

1289

6.11

8.48

San Fernando

0

5.2

3.9

2165

2232

8124

8407

6948

5553

7862

6841

5.87

1144

5.56

7.88

1

2.8

2.8

1580

1539

5081

6508

3770

3937

6622

5887

3.81

1020

5.27

6.20

2

3.2

3.7

1912

2513

7461

8721

5484

5778

7856

6925

3.70

1018

6.28

6.26

3

2.1

1.9

2125

1920

6122

6189

4326

3754

3573

8588

3.79

1018

4.03

3.82

Loma Prieta

0

9.4

8.1

3037

2355

10560

12820

5694

4846

6319

8354

5.90

1142

7.60

4.16

1

7.1

5.5

1911

1048

4824

5774

2148

2210

3050

3863

6.47

1180

3.81

2.63

2

3.4

4.5

2002

2204

8260

8295

5566

4154

9539

6498

4.53

1051

6.31

3.00

3

4.9

5.2

1840

1644

9078

7674

5119

5538

4231

6463

3.98

1001

4.40

2.41

Tabas

0

7.5

6.9

2585

2531

9453

8961

4328

4256

9704

9420

5.33

1111

6.95

2.00

1

5.0

4.8

1075

1264

5412

5416

3198

2579

5224

3773

4.20

1041

3.57

1.44

2

5.0

3.4

2402

2296

8467

6348

4747

4161

1080

5363

6.20

1163

7.24

1.72

3

6.5

5.2

1693

1675

9390

5985

4958

3447

6245

5256

5.69

1132

4.90

1.63

Bam

0

2.2

2.6

767

779

3456

2894

2316

1238

1951

2489

0.74

426

2.61

0.84

1

1.3

1.7

266

374

1504

1234

841

887

590

552

0.83

474

1.04

0.31

2

1.2

1.8

268

356

2110

1294

894

923

965

894

0.90

461

1.12

0.42

3

1.2

1.7

299

343

2530

1359

925

819

1074

1310

0.98

507

1.49

0.51

Average Values

0

7.5

6.6

2380

2226

9127

8754

6666

5316

7456

7558

5.46

1036

6.27

4.98

1

4.8

4.4

1377

1322

5166

5531

3022

2836

4703

4433

5.25

1033

3.86

3.83

2

3.9

4.2

1786

1954

6795

6539

4873

4019

5402

5332

4.55

986

5.13

3.91

3

4.1

4.3

1664

1536

7140

6178

4383

4153

4752

5863

4.58

989

4.19

3.37