Aerodynamics and aeroelasticity of cable-supported bridges: Identification of nonlinear features

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1886-1893

  Wu, Teng ^a   Kareem, Ahsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Aeroelasticity; Bridge; Higher order spectrum; Nonlinearity

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE AERODYNAMICS; CABLE-SUPPORTED BRIDGES; HIGHER-ORDER SPECTRUM; NON-LINEAR PHENOMENA; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; NONLINEAR FEATURES; NONLINEARITY; WIND TUNNEL EXPERIMENT;

AEROELASTICITY; BRIDGES; ELASTIC WAVES; WIND TUNNELS;

AERODYNAMICS;

AERODYNAMICS; BRIDGE; ELASTICITY; NONLINEARITY; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 84884228401     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000615     Document Type: Article

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