Book Description:
With the continuous raise of train speed and vehicle load, the extensive application of high performance materials, and the ever increasing span length of bridges, the problem of bridge vibrations becomes more prominent. This book contains the fundamental theory as well as numerical calculations and field experiments of many practical engineering projects. It contains many case studies concerning various types of real bridges such as long-span suspension bridges, cable-stayed bridges, truss bridges, multi-span simply supported bridges and continuous bridges. This book is intended to be a reference for solving vehicle-structure dynamic interaction problems that have to be considered in the design of railway bridges and other transport structures. Moreover, results of recent scientific research are presented which are of interest for researchers active in studying bridge vibration and control. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Dynamic Interaction Analysis of Coupled Train-bridge System, pp. 1-65
(He Xia, Kunpeng Wang and Zhu Yu)

Chapter 2. Vibration Testing as a Tool for Tuning and Validating Train-bridge Interaction Models, pp. 67-88
(G. De Roeck, E. Reynders and K. Liu)

Chapter 3. Dynamics of High-speed Railway Bridges: Methods and Design Issues, pp. 89-111
(José M. Goicolea, Felipe Gabaldón)

Chapter 4. Dynamic Responses of a Simply-supported Beam Subjected to Various Moving Loads, pp. 113-149
(Nan Zhang, Man Xu, Shangyou Chen and Zhu Yu)

Chapter 5. Efficient Models for Train-bridge Interaction, pp. 151-193
(G. De Roeck and K. Liu)

Chapter 6. Strategies for Modeling Train-bridge Lateral Dynamic Interaction, pp. 195-235
(Pablo Antolín, José M. Goicolea and Miguel Ángel Astiz)

Chapter 7. Dynamic Responses of Long-span Bridges under Wind Action and Their Influences on Running Safety of Train Vehicles, pp. 237-283
(Weiwei Guo, Chaoyi Xia and Tian Zhang)

Chapter 8. An Impact Vibration Test Method for Integrity Evaluation of Bridge Substructures, pp. 285-318
(Jiawang Zhan, Zhongming Hou and Man Xu)

Chapter 9. Passive and Active Control of Bridge Vibrations: Theory and Application, pp. 319-359
(Lezin Seba Minsili, Changyong Zhang and Qian Cheng)

Chapter 10. Seismic Absorption and Isolation on Railway Bridges, pp. 361-398
(Tieyi Zhong, Chaoyi Xia and Fengli Yang)

Index