Abstract: A torque may be classified as semitangential or quasitangential, according to the way in which it is generated. Both types of torques may cause a torsionally loaded bar to buckle at certain critical values. This paper ...

Abstract: The objective of this study is to develop an element that is both accurate and efficient for modeling the vehicle-bridge interaction (VBI) in analysis of railway bridges carrying high-speed trains, which may consist of a ...

Abstract: The purposes of the paper are: (1) To derive differential equations of equilibrium for a tapered I‐beam; and (2) to formulate a finite element for the beam that takes into account the effect of nonuniform torsion. In the ...

Abstract: That straight‐beam elements cannot be used to study the buckling of curved beams is an incorrect argument made by previous researchers. The inconsistency originates largely from their overlooking the moment terms induced ...

Abstract: Geometric nonlinear analysis of structures is not a simple extension from its counterpart of linear analysis. In this article, some research works conducted primarily in the past two decades ...

Abstract: A train–rail–bridge (TRB) interaction model of vector mechanics (VM) is developed to predict the derailment of a train traveling over cable-supported bridges under crosswinds. The aerodynamic coefficients measured from the ...