Investigation of dynamic cable-deck interaction in a physical model of a cable-stayed bridge. Part I: Modal analysis

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2000

Authors

Elsa Caetano (Author) FEUP; Álvaro Cunha (Author) FEUP; C. A. Taylor (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Vol. 29 No. 4

Pages: 481-498

ISSN: 0098-8847

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Authenticus ID: P-001-0D6

DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9845(200004)29:4<481::AID-EQE918>3.3.CO;2-T

Abstract (EN): A description of an experimental investigation involving the study of the dynamic interaction between the cables and the deck/towers system in cable-stayed bridges is presented. The work was carried out on a physical model of a cable-stayed bridge (the Jindo Bridge, in South Korea), whose characteristics of stiffness and mass have been conveniently scaled. Standard modal analysis tests were performed using both an electrodynamic shaker and a shaking table, leading to the creation of a high-quality database, characterizing the dynamic behaviour of the bridge. The study shows the existence of a clear dynamic interaction between the cables and the deck/towers system, associated with the appearance of several groups of mode shapes, at closely spaced frequencies, involving different cable movements, but similar configurations of the girder and towers. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18