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Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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location. Transverse reinforcement consists <strong>of</strong> #8 (25 mm diameter) hoops at 100 mmcenter-to-center spacing for all columns. Longitudinal reinforcement consists <strong>of</strong>varying numbers <strong>of</strong> #14 (45 mm) bars arranged in 5 different configurations.Frames 3-4-52.2 Modeling the ViaductFigure 1. Plan view <strong>of</strong> the rebuilt I-880 viaduct.Two models were developed for the simulation studies: (i) a model comprising threeinter-connected frames (denoted in Figure 1 as Frames 3-4-5) which incorporatesconnection elements at the hinge region between two adjacent frames; and (ii) asimple model <strong>of</strong> a single bent that was identified as the region <strong>of</strong> maximum demandin the three-frame model. The three-frame, 11-bent model, shown in Figure 2, wasoriginally prepared by Bauer (2003).CRBent 20Shear KeyLongitudinalRestrainerCR23RCRVerticalRestrainer1Bent 10CRCHingeSprings4BearingPlateFigure 2. Simulation model <strong>of</strong> the I-880 viaduct.67

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