ANALYSIS OF THE DISPLACEMENTS AND BENDING MOMENT IN THE
FOUNDATIONS AND IN THE COLUMN OF A BRIDGE IN REINFORCED
CONCRETE CONSIDERING THE SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION (ISE)
Bridges. Reinforced Concrete. Soil-structure interaction
The research presents an analytical and numerical study considering the
soil-structure interaction (ISE) of the displacements and bending moment in the
foundations and in the column of a bridge in reinforced concrete. For do this, some
classic analytical models of soil-structure interaction (ISE) were studied focusing
on the Matlock and Reese solution and on the Elastic Differential Equation solution
obtained using the Fourier series. The results of horizontal displacements and
bending moment were compared with those obtained by numerical modeling
performed by the softwares SAP 2000 and CSi Bridge V17. The obtained values
corroborated that the computational methods, when calibrated by reliable input
parameters, tend to distance themselves less from the physical reality of the
phenomenon than the analytical methods, since they allow simulating the problem
in a more realistic way. Finally, it is emphasized that the quality of the response
that is obtained using computational models must be taken with caution by the
designers, always considering the sensitivity of the models adopted.