THEORETICAL ANALYSIS OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES
THE ANALYSIS OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES IS A TYPICAL PROBLEM OF STRUCTURAL FRAMES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE DEFLECTIONS THAT PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE BEHAVIOR OF THE FRAME. THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISES ON SUSPENSION BRIDGES WERE DEVELOPED BY MANY AUTHORS. THEIR ATTEMPT TO IDEALIZE THE PROBLEM AND MAKE IT SUITABLE FOR HAND CALCULATIONS HAS EXPOSED THESE SOLUTIONS TO CRITICISM. A SYSTEMATIC METHOD IS INTRODUCED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES BASED ON THE FINITE DEFLECTION THEORY AND THE N-DIMENSIONAL GENERALIZATION OF THE NEWTON-RAPHSON PROCESS FOR SOLVING THE SIMULTANEOUS NON-LINEAR EQUATIONS. THE BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ARE REPORTED AND THE APPLICATION OF THE NEWTON-RAPHSON PROCESS IS EXAMINED. A DERIVATION IS GIVEN FOR THE TANGENT STIFFNESS MATRIX OF A STRUCTURAL FRAME AT A STATE OF DEFORMATION. THE ANALYSIS FOR TWO PROBLEMS, A CABLE AND A TRUSSED GIRDER, IS GIVEN TO INTRODUCE THE APPLICATION OF THE NEW APPROACH. THE CONCEPT OF THE TANGENT STIFFNESS MATRIX IS A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR RAPID CONVERGENCE OF THE ANALYSIS. THE METHOD IS GENERAL AND OF PARTICULAR INTEREST FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SUSPENSION BRIDGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS. IT IS ALSO SUITABLE FOR ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 94, No ST4, PROC PAPER 4885, PP 1-11
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Authors:
- Saafan, S A
- Publication Date: 1966-8
Media Info
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Serial:
- Journal of the Structural Division
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Cables; Calculation; Computers; Deflection; Deformation; Functions; Girders; Matrices (Mathematics); Simultaneous equations; Stiffness; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Suspension bridges; Tangents; Theory; Trusses
- Uncontrolled Terms: Computation; Structural behavior
- Old TRIS Terms: Derivation; Stiffness methods (Structural)
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00208837
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 7 1994 12:00AM