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A study of railway bridge/vehicle interaction and evaluation of fatigue life
Author(s) -
Garg V. K.,
Chu K. H.,
Wang T. L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.218
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9845
pISSN - 0098-8847
DOI - 10.1002/eqe.4290130602
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , structural engineering , bridge deck , engineering , truss bridge , reliability (semiconductor) , truss , deck , forensic engineering , physics , medicine , power (physics) , quantum mechanics
Abstract A new vehicle model and the partial bridge model were used to study the dynamic interaction between an open deck steel truss bridge and a moving freight train. The responses in terms of dynamic stresses in certain critical members in the bridge were generated to predict their fatigue lives by using a reliability‐based methodology.