Abstract:The finite element model of a cablestayed bridge with the main span of 420 m was built with OpenSees software. Fragility analysis was performed under four conditions considering incoherence effect only, incoherence and wavepassage effects, incoherence and siteresponse effects and spatial variation due to incoherence, wavepassage and siteresponse effects. System fragility curves were generated combining joint probabilistic seismic demand model (JPSDM) with Monte Carlo simulation based on component fragility. The system vulnerability of the cablestayed bridge under nonuniform excitation considering different sources of spatial variation effects is higher than that under uniform excitation. The effects of incoherence and siteresponse are obvious to the seismic response of the cablestayed bridge. With the increase of incoherence factor, the bridge as a system becomes more fragile. The siteresponse effect is more complicated, and the bridge tends to be more vulnerable if the soil types of nearby exciting locations become more different. The vulnerability of the cablestayed bridge increases when the soil type along the direction of propagation turns from relative soft to firm than the inverse condition. Neglecting wavepassage effect in fragility analysis would not cause an obvious error. Above all, incoherence and siteresponse effects should be considered in the fragility analysis of the floating cablestayed bridge under nonuniform excitation. The widely adopted fragility analysis under uniform excitation at the current time overestimates the aseismic behavior of the system.