Publication detail

Footbridge response on single pedestrian induced vibration analysis

KALA, J. SALAJKA, V. HRADIL, P.

Original Title

Footbridge response on single pedestrian induced vibration analysis

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Many footbridges have natural frequencies that coincide with the dominant frequencies of the pedestrian-induced load and therefore they have a potential to suffer excessive vibrations under dynamic loads induced by pedestrians. Some of the design standards introduce load models for pedestrian loads applicable for simple structures. Load modeling for more complex structures, on the other hand, is most often left to the designer. The main focus of this paper is on the human induced forces transmitted to a footbridge and on the ways these loads can be modeled to be used in the dynamic design of footbridges. Also design criteria and load models proposed by widely used standards were introduced and a comparison was made. The dynamic analysis of the suspension bridge in Kolin in the Czech Republic was performed on detailed FEM model using the ANSYS program system. An attempt to model the load imposed by a single person and a crowd of pedestrians resulted in displacements and accelerations that are compared with serviceability criteria.

Keywords

Footbridge, Serviceability, Pedestrian action, Numerical analysis.

Authors

KALA, J.; SALAJKA, V.; HRADIL, P.

RIV year

2009

Released

26. 2. 2009

Location

Penang, Malajsie

ISBN

2070-3740

Periodical

PROCEEDINGS OF WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Year of study

38

Number

2

State

French Republic

Pages from

753

Pages to

764

Pages count

12

BibTex

@article{BUT47354,
  author="Jiří {Kala} and Vlastislav {Salajka} and Petr {Hradil}",
  title="Footbridge response on single pedestrian induced vibration analysis",
  journal="PROCEEDINGS OF  WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY",
  year="2009",
  volume="38",
  number="2",
  pages="753--764",
  issn="2070-3740"
}