Long span steel pedestrian bridge at Singapore Changi Airport - Part 1: Prediction of vibration serviceability problems

Structural Engineer

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 21-27

  Brownjohn, James M W ^a   Fok, Paul ^b   Roche, Mark ^c   Moyo, Pilate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LAND TRANSPORT AUTHORITY   (Singapore)

^c ARUP   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Changi Airport; Changi Mezzanine Bridge; Footbridges Steel; Measuring Serviceability; Singapore; Vibration

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CODES; FOOTFALL FREQUENCIES; LATERAL VIBRATION MODE (LS1); VIBRATION SERVICEABILITY;

AIRPORTS; CODES (STANDARDS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STEEL BRIDGES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TORSIONAL STRESS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

FOOTBRIDGES;

EID: 18744369659     PISSN: 14665123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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