Fragility-Based Improvement of System Seismic Performance for Long-Span Suspension Bridges

Figure 4

Constitutive relations of the various components: (a) cable and suspender; (b) sliding pot bearing; (c) fixed pot bearing; (d) pounding; (e) abutment backfill; (f) abutment pile.

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