Efficient dynamic performance assessment of a footbridge

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Bridge Engineering

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 185-192

  Brownjohn, J M W ^a   Middleton, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridges; Dynamics; Field testing modelling

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMPING; DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DYNAMIC TESTING; FIELD TESTING & MODELING; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; PEDESTRIAN LOADING;

FOOTBRIDGES;

EID: 29544446618     PISSN: 14784637     EISSN: 17517664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/bren.2005.158.4.185     Document Type: Article

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