Seismic Response Analyses of the Yokohama Bay Cable-Stayed Bridge in the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Abstract

Yokohama Bay Bridge, with a total span length of 860 m, is the second longest span cable-stayed bridge in East Japan, and one of the most densely instrumented bridges in Japan. On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake hit northeastern Japan with magnitude of