Seismic Analyses Of The Messina Bridge Project

This paper presents several preliminary works developed to determine the seismic response of the Messina Bridge project (Italy). The different types of non-linear structural models are first developed, including global models for the macro-level static and dynamic analysis, and local models for the micro-level analysis. Next, the analyses and several results obtained for static and nonlinear seismic time histories analyses are explained. Lastly, the results of the Messina local tower model with a longitudinal push-over analysis are presented.