Seismic Design Aids for Nonlinear Pushover Analysis of Reinforced Concrete and Steel Bridges

Nonlinear static monotonic (pushover) analysis has become a common practice for performance-based seismic bridge design. The popularity of pushover analysis is due to its ability to identify the failure modes and the design limit states of bridge piers and to provide the progressive collapse sequence of damaged bridges when subjected to major earthquakes. This book fills the need for a complete reference on pushover analysis for practicing engineers. Covering the simplest to the most sophisticated methods, this book includes step-by-step procedures. The authors also provide a computer program, INSTRUCT, that allows readers to perform their own analyses.