Abstract:Nowadays, structural capacities of many bridges in China degrade due to material deterioration and other reasons. It increases the possibility of fracture or even collapse of these bridges under action of earthquake. Therefore, this project focuses on developing a seismic fragility method and proposes a fragility assessment procedure for typical highway bridge systems considering structural material deterioration. In this study, a material deterioration model is developed. And a structural capacity and demand model considering material deterioration using ANN-MC method is developed. Based on the capacity and demand model, fragility curves are formed. Moverever, a case study of the main tower of cable-stayed bridge using the proposed method is provided to illustrate the details and structural vulnerlability. These achievements will provide theoretical basis and analysis support for the life-cycle design, the operation and management, especially the seismic hazard assessment of the existing bridges.