Abstract: The paper describes a study to characterize intentional human dynamic loads (vandal loads) and their induced effects on a footbridge. A numerical model to characterize the dynamic behavior of the footbridge has been ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of the data collected in the ambient vibration test of the International Guadiana cable-stayed Bridge, which links Portugal and Spain, based on different output-only identification techniques: ...

Abstract: In this paper, a biomechanical crowd–structure interaction model is proposed and further implemented to adequately estimate the energy exchange between pedestrians and a footbridge. The proposed model focuses on the ...

Abstract: Trains with a different number of carriages can induce stress responses with varying amplitudes in the long-span steel bridges, which consequently cause different levels of fatigue damage. To better evaluate the fatigue ...

Abstract: In combined vibration testing, an artificial, measured force is used in operational conditions. This requires the identification of a system model that takes both the measured and the operational excitation into account. ...