Dynamic Interactions of a Train Moving Over a Rail Suspension Bridge with Multiple Support Settlements

0364231 - ÚTAM 2012 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Yau, Y. D. - Frýba, Ladislav
Dynamic Interactions of a Train Moving Over a Rail Suspension Bridge with Multiple Support Settlements.
Vibration Problems ICOVP 2011 - Supplement. Liberec: Technical University of Liberec, 2011 - (Segĺa, Š.; Tůma, J.; Petríková, I.; Pešek, L.), s. 235-240. ISBN 978-80-7372-759-8.
[International Conference on Vibrational Problems 2011. Praha (CZ), 05.09.2011-08.09.2011]
Grant - others:National Science Council of Taiwan(TW) NSC 97-2221-E-032-022-MY2
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z20710524
Keywords : high speed train * ground settlement * suspension bridge * vehicle/bridge interactions
Subject RIV: JM - Building Engineering

With the consideration of multiple support settlements, interaction responses of a train running over a rail suspension bridge will be investigated. The suspension bridge is modeled as a single-span suspended beam with hinged ends and the train as successive moving oscillators with identical properties. To conduct this dynamic problem with non-homogeneous boundary conditions, the total deflection response of the suspended beam is divided into two parts: the static component and the dynamic deflection. Then, the coupled equations of motion for the suspended beam carrying multiple moving oscillators are converted into a set of nonlinearly coupled generalized equations by Galerkin’s method, and solved using the Newmark method using incremental-iterative procedure. From the present numerical demonstrations, the differential movements of bridge supports will significantly affect the dynamic response of the running vehicles but insignificant influence on the bridge response.
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