Dynamic and Vibration Analysis of Foot Over Bridge with Various Frequencies Due To Human Walking By Using Staadpro

  • Unique Paper ID: 163474
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 11
  • PageNo: 1528-1533
  • Abstract:
  • Foot over bridges offer a wide range of opportunities for imaginative and innovative architectural design. Design should be as attractive as possible. The structure should be in harmony with surrounding environment. The proportion of different elements of the bridge should be proportionate. The external finish and painting should be such as to enhance the elegance of the bridge. Foot bridges have been constructed with increasingly daring structures encompassing the experience and knowledge of structural designers by using newly developed materials and technologies. This fact has generated very slender structural footbridges and, consequently, changed their associated serviceability and ultimate limit states. A direct consequence of this design trend was a considerable increase of structural vibration problems. In the particular case of pedestrian footbridges this phenomenon occurs when the structural fundamental frequency is near the load excitation frequencies, or higher frequencies multiples. This is the main motivation of this thesis to development of a design methodology to better evaluate the footbridge user’s comfort and safety

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