Finite element analysis of vehicle-bridge interaction

Finite Elements in Analysis and Design

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 950-959

  Kwasniewski, Leslaw ^a   Li, Hongyi ^b   Wekezer, Jerry ^b   Malachowski, Jerzy ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (United States)

^c MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bridge dynamics; Computer simulation; Finite element analysis; Impact factor; LS DYNA; Vehicle bridge interaction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC LOADS; GROUND VEHICLES; HIGHWAY BRIDGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

BRIDGE DYNAMICS; CONTACT ALGORITHMS; IMPACT FACTOR; LS-DYNA; VEHICLE-BRIDGE INTERACTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 33646850396     PISSN: 0168874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.finel.2006.01.014     Document Type: Review

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