Author
Xu Chen
Other affiliations: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Tongji University
Bio: Xu Chen is an academic researcher from Shanghai University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pier & Structural engineering. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 16 publications receiving 166 citations. Previous affiliations of Xu Chen include University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign & Tongji University.
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TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the seismic fragility and the associated direct financial losses of tall pier bridges subjected to MA sequences using the vector-based intensity measure considering both main-and after-shocks.
68 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed a novel SMA-steel coupled reinforcement for concrete bridge piers, which is intended to achieve the balance between self-centering and energy dissipation capacities.
66 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, a bridge with piers over 40 meters is constructed in Southwest China, which is known as a region of high seismicity. But this type of bridge is commonly simplified as a...
Abstract: Numerous bridges with piers over 40 m are constructed in Southwest China, which is known as a region of high seismicity. In current research, this type of bridge is commonly simplified as a...
44 citations
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated the effectiveness of different seismic retrofitting measures including lead rubber bearings and rocking foundations in mitigating the seismic responses of bridges, based on the predetermined damage states for different structural components.
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TL;DR: In this article, a two-terminal mechanical element, dubbed inerter, was proposed based on the force-current analogy, offering many potentials for upgrading conventional structural vibration control systems.
93 citations
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the seismic fragility and the associated direct financial losses of tall pier bridges subjected to MA sequences using the vector-based intensity measure considering both main-and after-shocks.
68 citations
TL;DR: A uniform design (UD)-based Gaussian process regression (GPR) method for rapid damage assessment and fragility estimates of bridges and the core idea of the proposed method is uniform design uniformity.
Abstract: This paper proposes a uniform design (UD)-based Gaussian process regression (GPR) method for rapid damage assessment and fragility estimates of bridges. The core idea of the proposed method...
66 citations
TL;DR: This work states that seismic fragility functions play a fundamental role for quantifying the seismic resilience in performance-based earthquake engineering framework and proposes three main approaches for perfor...
Abstract: In performance-based earthquake engineering framework, seismic fragility functions play a fundamental role for quantifying the seismic resilience. There are three main approaches for perfor...
65 citations