Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Experimental study on the performance of hollow reinforced concrete bridge
piers subjected to lateral seismic loads
O. Lopez-Batiz
National Center for Disaster Prevention (CENAPRED), Mexico
R. Gomez-Martinez, J.A. Escobar-Sanchez, F. De la Serna-Hernandez & G. Aguilar-Ramos
Institute of Engineering, UNAM, Mexico
ABSTRACT: This paper presents the results of a comparative evaluation of the seismic performance of two
RC bridge columns, one of a full cross section and the other of a hollow cross section. The full section specimen
has a cross section of 120 ×80 cm and a height of 500 cm, whereas the ...