Abstract A simplified method for predicting the deflections of cable-stayed suspension bridges considering live loads is presented. In the proposed method the governing equation of the cable-stayed suspension bridge, based on potential energy method, is derived. A Fourier series is used to describe the defections of the bridge deck. It has been shown from the numerical investigation of two different cable-stayed suspension bridges that the iteration procedure has a very high convergence rate. Only a few iterations are needed and a small number of series terms are sufficient for achieving the solutions of the problems. The predictions of the proposed method show good agreement with finite element results.


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    Title :

    Simplified method for predicting the deflections of cable-stayed suspension bridges considering live loads


    Contributors:
    Cheng, Jin (author) / Li, Ying (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2014-12-01


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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