WIND INFLUENCE ON KESSOCK BRIDGE

Kessock Bridge carries the A9 dual carriageway at high level across the Beauly Firth at Inverness, Scotland. Its 22 metre wide orthotropic steel deck is 1052 metres long with a 240 metre harp cabled navigation span. This paper describes wind induced vibrations of the steel deck bridge and the measures adopted to keep the oscillations within acceptable limits. (TRRL)

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  Butterworth Scientific Limited

  Journals Division, P.O. Box 63, Westbury House, Bury
  Guildford, Surrey  England  GU2 5BH
• Authors:
  • Cullen Wallace, A A
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 18-22
• Serial:
  • Engineering Structures
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0141-0296
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01410296

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerodynamics; Bridge decks; Bridge design; Bridges; Continuous structures; Damping (Physics); Equipment; Measurement; Orthotropic; Orthotropic plates; Scale models; Steel; Structural design; Structural models; Surveillance; Tests; Vibration; Wind; Wind resistant design
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 5492: Aerodynamics; 3482: Bridge deck; 9006: Continuous; 5559: Damping; 3674: Equipment; 6136: Measurement; 6205: Model (not math); 3490: Orthotropic plate; 4542: Steel; 9101: Surveillance; 6255: Test; 8119: United Kingdom; 5558: Vibration; 2554: Wind
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00394624
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1985 12:00AM