Abstract: A state space linear mathematical model oriented to the design of passive and active mass dampers for tall buildings and bridges subjected to the wind action is presented in this paper. The model accounts for an arbitrary ...

Abstract: Moving forces are a common loading pattern for flexible beams, found in many applications in both civil and mechanical engineering. These forces give rise to a transient response, the nature of which depends on the time ...

Abstract: In the last several years many cases of large amplitude horizontal vibrations of footbridges have been observed, due to dynamic interaction between the walkers and the footbridge, which may occur when some conditions on ...