BRIDGE-VEHICLE INTERACTION USING EXTENDED FE ANALYSIS

In order to describe the behavior of a bridge with a crossing vehicle using finite element analysis, a method is used based on a commercial software package. The connection between a bridge and a vehicle whose location is variable by time can be realized as a Lagrange condition within the equation of variation. The numerical results are used for a discussion of influence parameters representing the roughness of the road surface and of dynamic measurements performed at a bridge. As an example, the calculated dynamic stress time function and the dynamic portion based on a measured strain record are compared.

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    Inderscience Enterprises Limited

    World Trade Center Building, 110 Avenue Louis Casai
    Geneva,   Switzerland 
  • Authors:
    • Baumgartner, W
  • Publication Date: 1999

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  • English

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  • Accession Number: 00781995
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, ATRI
  • Created Date: Jan 26 2000 12:00AM