Seismic Analysis of Prestressed Bridge Pier Based on Fiber Section

Fiber model analysis method based on flexibility method is carried out to build analysis model for integral cast in-situ prestressed bridge piers, and the nonlinear time-history analysis is conducted with the low-peried cyclic loading. The hysteretic behavior of prestressed reinforced concrete pier and common reinforced concrete pier are compared and analyzed. The results showed that prestressed reinforced concrete pier has preferable re-centring capacity, smaller residual deformation and worse energy dissipation capacity. Along with the increase of distance from prestress location to section centroid, the tension degree of prestressed reinforcements and the reinforcement ratio come a decrease the residual deformation and energy dissipation capacity of pier.