scholarly journals Dynamic Behavior of Tied-Arch Bridges under the Action of Moving Loads

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Lonetti ◽  
Arturo Pascuzzo ◽  
Alessandro Davanzo

The dynamic behavior of tied-arch bridges under the action of moving load is investigated. The main aim of the paper is to quantify, numerically, dynamic amplification factors of typical kinematic and stress design variables by means of a parametric study developed in terms of the structural characteristics of the bridge and moving loads. The basic formulation is developed by using a finite element approach, in which refined schematization is adopted to analyze the interaction between the bridge structure and moving loads. Moreover, in order to evaluate, numerically, the influence of coupling effects between bridge deformations and moving loads, the analysis focuses attention on usually neglected nonstandard terms in the inertial forces concerning both centripetal acceleration and Coriolis acceleration. Sensitivity analyses are proposed in terms of dynamic impact factors, in which the effects produced by the external mass of the moving system on the dynamic bridge behavior are evaluated.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Greco ◽  
Paolo Lonetti ◽  
Arturo Pascuzzo

The dynamic behavior of cable-stayed bridges subjected to moving loads and affected by an accidental failure in the cable suspension system is investigated. The main aim of the paper is to quantify, numerically, the dynamic amplification factors of typical kinematic and stress design variables, by means of a parametric study developed in terms of the structural characteristics of the bridge components. The bridge formulation is developed by using a geometric nonlinear formulation, in which the effects of local vibrations of the stays and of large displacements in the girder and the pylons are taken into account. Explicit time dependent damage laws, reproducing the failure mechanism in the cable system, are considered to investigate the influence of the failure mode characteristics on the dynamic bridge behavior. The analysis focuses attention on the influence of the inertial characteristics of the moving loads, by accounting coupling effects arising from the interaction between girder and moving system. Sensitivity analyses of typical design bridge variables are proposed. In particular, the effects produced by the moving system characteristics, the tower typologies, and the failure mode characteristics involved in the cable system are investigated by means of comparisons between damaged and undamaged bridge configurations.


2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 918-921
Author(s):  
Yang Liu

The dynamics of elastic support beam are studied and the latent equation of the freely vibration modes of elastic bearing beam is deduced. The equation of the forced vibration of an elastically supported beam is obtained by the Lagrange equations and the influence of spring stiffness and moving load speed are analyzed. Calculation results show: the elastic supports have great effects on responses of beams, the dynamic amplification of deflections and stresses increases with the spring stiffness; the dynamic response of beam also increase with the increase of the speed of moving loads.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajendra Kumar Praharaj ◽  
Nabanita Datta ◽  
Mohammed Rabius Sunny

Abstract The dynamic response of fractionally damped viscoelastic plates subjected to a moving point load is investigated. In order to capture the viscoelastic dynamic behavior more accurately, the material is modeled using the fractionally damped Kelvin–Voigt model (rather than the integer-type viscoelastic model). The Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative of order 0 < α ≤ 1 is applied. Galerkin's method and Newton–Raphson technique are used to evaluate the natural frequencies and corresponding damping coefficients. The structure is subject to a moving point load, traveling at different speeds. The modal summation technique is applied to generate the dynamic response of the plate. The influence of the order of the fractional derivative on the free and transient vibrations is studied for different velocities of the moving load. The results are compared with those using the classical integer-type Kelvin–Voigt viscoelastic model. The results show that an increase in the order of the fractional derivative causes a significant decrease in the maximum dynamic amplification factor, especially in the “dynamic zone” of the normalized sweep time. The dynamic behavior of the plate is verified with ansys.


2011 ◽  
Vol 324 ◽  
pp. 396-399
Author(s):  
Meriem Ouchenane ◽  
Rachid Lassoued ◽  
Karima Ouchenane

The dynamic behavior of bridges under the effect of moving loads simulating the vehicle moving along the bridge structure idealized by an Euler beam is analyzed. We will present the dynamic behavior of beams under the stress of moving loads (or masses) by the analytical and semi-analytical approaches. When the mass of the bridge structure is comparable to that of the vehicle, the mobile source requesting the bridge is simulated by a mass. In most practical cases, the mobile force used is due to the effects of the gravitational moving masses: . When the moving mass is small compared to the beam mass, the obtained solution under the effect of moving force is approximately correct for the solution obtained with the moving mass. Otherwise, the problem of the moving mass is imperative. To do this, we wrote a program in Matlab language which reflects the dynamic behavior of beams under the effect of moving charges, which gives the following results "The frequencies and modes of vibration, the dynamics deflection of the beam requested by moving force, the dynamic response (DAF: dynamic amplification factor) of the beam requested by a moving force, over the whole length of the beam, for all times and for different speeds. The numerical example that we look to see for study the dynamic behavior of this type of bridge under moving loads is that of a thin beam unamortised on simple support and length of 50m, under the solicitation of moving force and mass at a constant speed and varies from 0 to 100 m / s (M. A. Foda, 1997), depending on the relationship between the vehicle mass and the mass of the bridge that will allow us to see the contribution of the choice of modelling type on the total response and then the vibration of bridge, also we will study the effect of type of simulation of the load by moving force or mass on the dynamic amplification factor and comparing our results with those from the literature.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Special Issue on First SACEE'19) ◽  
pp. 173-180
Author(s):  
Giorgia Di Gangi ◽  
Giorgio Monti ◽  
Giuseppe Quaranta ◽  
Marco Vailati ◽  
Cristoforo Demartino

The seismic performance of timber light-frame shear walls is investigated in this paper with a focus on energy dissipation and ductility ensured by sheathing-to-framing connections. An original parametric finite element model has been developed in order to perform sensitivity analyses. The model considers the design variables affecting the racking load-carrying capacity of the wall. These variables include aspect ratio (height-to-width ratio), fastener spacing, number of vertical studs and framing elements cross-section size. A failure criterion has been defined based on the observation of both the global behaviour of the wall and local behaviour of fasteners in order to identify the ultimate displacement of the wall. The equivalent viscous damping has been numerically assessed by estimating the damping factor which is in use in the capacity spectrum method. Finally, an in-depth analysis of the results obtained from the sensitivity analyses led to the development of a simplified analytical procedure which is able to predict the capacity curve of a timber light-frame shear wall.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
F. S. Lobato ◽  
G. M. Platt ◽  
G. B. Libotte ◽  
A. J. Silva Neto

Different types of mathematical models have been used to predict the dynamic behavior of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Many of them involve the formulation and solution of inverse problems. This kind of problem is generally carried out by considering the model, the vector of design variables, and system parameters as deterministic values. In this contribution, a methodology based on a double loop iteration process and devoted to evaluate the influence of uncertainties on inverse problem is evaluated. The inner optimization loop is used to find the solution associated with the highest probability value, and the outer loop is the regular optimization loop used to determine the vector of design variables. For this task, we use an inverse reliability approach and Differential Evolution algorithm. For illustration purposes, the proposed methodology is applied to estimate the parameters of SIRD (Susceptible-Infectious-Recovery-Dead) model associated with dynamic behavior of COVID-19 pandemic considering real data from China's epidemic and uncertainties in the basic reproduction number (R0). The obtained results demonstrate, as expected, that the increase of reliability implies the increase of the objective function value.


2000 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Visweswara Rao

The dynamic response of an Euler-Bernoulli beam under moving loads is studied by mode superposition. The inertial effects of the moving load are included in the analysis. The time-dependent equations of motion in modal space are solved by the method of multiple scales. Instability regions of parametric resonance are identified and the moving mass effect is shown to significantly affect the transient response of the beam. Importance of modal interaction arising out of the possible internal resonance is highlighted. While the external resonance is due to the gravity effects of the moving load, the parametric and internal resonance solely depends on the load mass parameter—ratio of the moving load mass to the beam mass. Numerical results show the influence of the load inertia terms on the beam response under either a single moving load or a series of moving loads. [S0739-3717(00)01703-7]


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinh Kien Nguyen ◽  
An Ninh Thi Vu ◽  
Ngoc Anh Thi Le ◽  
Vu Nam Pham

A bidirectional functionally graded Sandwich (BFGSW) beam model made from three distinct materials is proposed and its dynamic behavior due to nonuniform motion of a moving point load is investigated for the first time. The beam consists of three layers, a homogeneous core, and two functionally graded face sheets with material properties varying in both the thickness and longitudinal directions by power gradation laws. Based on the first-order shear deformation beam theory, a finite beam element is derived and employed in computing dynamic response of the beam. The element which used the shear correction factor is simple with the stiffness and mass matrices evaluated analytically. The numerical result reveals that the material distribution plays an important role in the dynamic response of the beam, and the beam can be designed to meet the desired dynamic magnification factor by appropriately choosing the material grading indexes. A parametric study is carried out to highlight the effects of the material distribution, the beam layer thickness and aspect ratios, and the moving load speed on the dynamic characteristics. The influence of acceleration and deceleration of the moving load on the dynamic behavior of the beam is also examined and highlighted.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document