MEASUREMENT OF WIND INDUCED MOTION OF A SUSPENSION BRIDGE. FINAL REPORT

During the months of November and December 1981, the equipment loaned the State of Maine DOT by the FHWA was installed on the Deer Isle Bridge. Data continues to be collected on wind, speed and direction, and bridge motion. An analysis by the FHWA Bridge Structures Group is under way.

• Corporate Authors:

  Maine Department of Transportation

  Materials and Research Division, Box 1208, Hogan Road
  Bangor, ME  United States  04402

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Wyman, J H
• Publication Date: 1982-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Measuring instruments; Monitoring; Motion; Suspension bridges; Velocity; Wind
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wind direction
• Old TRIS Terms: Wind velocity
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00462251
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-ME-TP-82-12
• Contract Numbers: BP-82(550)
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 28 1987 12:00AM