TY - JOUR
T1 - Analytical and experimental study of a skew bridge model
AU - Meng, Junyi
AU - Ghasemi, Hamid
AU - Lui, Eric M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The experiment was conducted with financial support provided by the Federal Highway Administration. However, the data and opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - This paper describes an experimental study of a skew bridge model conducted at the Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. The objectives of the experiment are: (1) to perform a pilot study on the design, construction, instrumentation, testing and data processing of a skew bridge model, (2) to provide experimental data to validate a 3D finite element model developed for the skew bridge, and (3) to confirm the applicability of a simplified bridge model (the dual-beam stick model) developed for the dynamic analysis of skew bridges. Details of the design, construction, instrumentation, testing and data processing of the model bridge are described. Results for static displacements, natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping of the model bridge will be presented. A comparison of the results obtained from these tests with those obtained numerically from a finite element analysis and analytically from the dual stick bridge model shows that good correlation is obtained.
AB - This paper describes an experimental study of a skew bridge model conducted at the Federal Highway Administration Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center. The objectives of the experiment are: (1) to perform a pilot study on the design, construction, instrumentation, testing and data processing of a skew bridge model, (2) to provide experimental data to validate a 3D finite element model developed for the skew bridge, and (3) to confirm the applicability of a simplified bridge model (the dual-beam stick model) developed for the dynamic analysis of skew bridges. Details of the design, construction, instrumentation, testing and data processing of the model bridge are described. Results for static displacements, natural frequencies, mode shapes and damping of the model bridge will be presented. A comparison of the results obtained from these tests with those obtained numerically from a finite element analysis and analytically from the dual stick bridge model shows that good correlation is obtained.
KW - Dynamic analysis
KW - Experimental study
KW - Skew bridge
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U2 - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.03.013
DO - 10.1016/j.engstruct.2004.03.013
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2942733110
SN - 0141-0296
VL - 26
SP - 1127
EP - 1142
JO - Structural Engineering Review
JF - Structural Engineering Review
IS - 8
ER -