Lateral pedestrian excitation of footbridges

Journal of Bridge Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-112

  Roberts, T M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Bridges, pedestrian; Full scale tests; Load tests; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC LOADS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LOAD TESTING; RETROFITTING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; FULL SCALE TESTS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS OF MOTION; PEDESTRIAN EXCITATION;

FOOTBRIDGES;

EID: 12344325927     PISSN: 10840702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2005)10:1(107)     Document Type: Article

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