Design Criterion and a Technical Approach for the Controlled Seismic Behavior of Continuous Girder Bridges

Table 1

Pintle test results.

Details	Specimen	Breaking force (kN)	Fracture displacement (mm)
φ20: 0.01 mm/s	20-A-1	43.21	1.11
	20-A-2	42.66	1.14
	20-A-3	43.95	1.12
	Mean value	43.27	1.12
φ20: 1 mm/s	20-B-1	48.65	1.22
	20-B-2	44.10	1.22
	20-B-3	41.75	1.21
	Mean value	44.83	1.22
φ25: 0.01 mm/s	25-A-1	67.35	1.38
	25-A-2	73.00	1.61
	25-A-3	71.99	1.62
	Mean value	70.78	1.54
φ25: 1 mm/s	25-B-1	76.26	1.64
	25-B-2	72.48	1.63
	25-B-3	74.74	1.69
	Mean value	74.49	1.65