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Scanning the modal coupling of slender suspension footbridges by a virtual moving vehicle

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    SYSNO ASEP0497391
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleScanning the modal coupling of slender suspension footbridges by a virtual moving vehicle
    Author(s) Yang, Y. B. (TW)
    Yau, J. D. (TW)
    Urushadze, Shota (UTAM-F) RID, ORCID, SAI
    Number of authors3
    Source TitleEngineering Structures. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0141-0296
    Roč. 180, February (2019), s. 574-585
    Number of pages12 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsfootbridge ; free vibration ; linearized deflection theory ; moving vehicle ; torsional-flexural coupling
    Subject RIVJM - Building Engineering
    OECD categoryCivil engineering
    R&D ProjectsGC17-26353J GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportUTAM-F - RVO:68378297
    UT WOS000456756600041
    EID SCOPUS85057500142
    DOI10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.08.096
    AnnotationIn this paper, the modal coupling mechanism is studied of a single-span footbridge consisting of a suspended beam (i.e., bridge deck), two suspension cables (via hangers) and two wind guys (via wind ties). To start, the governing equations for the slender suspended beam are derived based on the linearized deflection theory for classical suspension bridges, which is followed by two parts. First, the free vibration analysis is conducted to obtain the modal frequencies and modal shapes of the suspended beam by Galerkin’s method, from which the key parameters dominating the flexural-torsional coupled vibrations are identified, along with measures for stiffness enhancement. Then, a virtual eccentrically moving vehicle is first attempted to scan (i.e. extract) the vibration messages of the suspended beam from a perspective that allows us to physically interpret the dominant mode of the flexural-torsional coupling of the beam in an easy way. The objective of this study is twofold: first to offer a complete nonlinear vibration theory for the suspension footbridge, and second to physically interpret the complicated mechanism of coupling involved.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
    ContactKulawiecová Kateřina, kulawiecova@itam.cas.cz, Tel.: 225 443 285
    Year of Publishing2019
    Electronic addresshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2018.08.096
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