Comparative and sensitivity study of flutter derivatives of selected bridge deck sections, Part 1: Analysis of inter-laboratory experimental data

Engineering Structures

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Sarkar, Partha P ^a   Caracoglia, Luca ^b   Haan Jr , Frederick L ^a   Sato, Hiroshi ^c   Murakoshi, Jun ^d  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b Northeastern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bridge aerodynamics; Bridge flutter derivative benchmark study; Free and forced vibration tests

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; BRIDGE DECKS; BRIDGES; DERIVATIVES; EXPERIMENTS; GAS DYNAMICS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; PUBLIC WORKS;

AEROELASTIC COEFFICIENTS; AEROELASTIC INSTABILITIES; BENCHMARK STUDIES; BRIDGE AERODYNAMICS; BRIDGE DECK SECTIONS; CROSS SECTIONS; CURRENT TRENDS; DATA SETS; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; FLUTTER DERIVATIVES; FORCED VIBRATIONS; FREE AND FORCED VIBRATION TESTS; IOWA STATE UNIVERSITIES; PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTES; RECTANGULAR PRISMS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SPAN BRIDGES; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; TUNNEL SECTIONS; UNITED STATES; WIND LOADINGS;

FLUTTER (AERODYNAMICS);

AERODYNAMICS; BENCHMARKING; BRIDGE; LOADING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VIBRATION; WIND FORCING;

EID: 56649120504     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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