Observed Along-Wind Vibration of a Long-Span Suspension Bridge Tower
Author(s): |
Yozo Fujino
Dionysius Siringoringo |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | 35th Annual Symposium of IABSE / 52nd Annual Symposium of IASS / 6th International Conference on Space Structures: Taller, Longer, Lighter - Meeting growing demand with limited resources, London, United Kingdom, September 2011 |
Published in: | IABSE-IASS 2011 London Symposium Report |
Year: | 2011 |
Abstract: |
As bridge spans get longer and towers get taller, they become more flexible and various types of vibration may appear under various types of actions such as winds, pedestrian and earthquakes. In this paper we describe an interesting wind-induced vibration of a long-span suspension bridge tower observed from a permanent monitoring system. The downstream leg of an H-shaped 132.5m tower experiences along-wind vibration, whose time-histories and frequency response characteristics resemble the in-line vortex-induced vibration in a moderate wind velocity range of 13m/s -24m/s. The tower ināplane vibrations also generate significant girder lateral vibration in the same range of wind velocity. |
Keywords: |
monitoring long-span bridge vibration suspension-bridge tower vibration wind- induced vibration in-line vortex-induced vibration
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