Assessment of Running Pedestrian Induced Vibrations on a Stress-Ribbon Footbridge

Author(s):	Elsa Caetano Álvaro Cunha Luís Câncio Martins
Medium:	conference paper
Language(s):	English
Conference:	4th International Conference Footbridge 2011, Wroclaw, Poland, 6-8 July 2011
Published in:	Footbridge 2011
Year:	2011
Abstract:	The paper presents a numerical and experimental assessment of the dynamic effects induced by pedestrians on a stress-ribbon footbridge built in the Portuguese city of Benavente. As a characteristic of this typology, the bridge displays a lively behaviour and is particularly vulnerable to the excitation induced by running and jogging pedestrians. The present investigation aims at verifying the conservativeness of existing load models on the basis of an experiment in which both the pedestrian action and the footbridge response are characterised.
Keywords:	design guidelines dynamic testing stress-ribbon footbridge running pedestrian
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