supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50708100);National Science and Technology Support Project of China (No. 2006BAC13B02);partially by Basic Research Program of Institute of Mechanics Engineering, China Earthquake Administration (No. 2007B02)
To evaluate the importance of the canyon topography effects on large structures, based on a rigid frame bridge across a 137-m-deep and 600-m-wide canyon, the seismic response of the canyon site is analyzed using a two...