Vibration characteristics of a suspension footbridge

Journal of Sound and Vibration

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-46

  Brownjohn, J M W ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOOTBRIDGES; IMPACT TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

LINEAR MODELS; NONLINEAR MODELS; VERTICAL PLANE;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

EID: 0031124826     PISSN: 0022460X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.1996.0789     Document Type: Article

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