Abstract: A method is presented to identify indirectly loads moving on an orthotropic plate. The loads are in a group of two forces or four forces. The dynamic behavior of the plate under the action ...

Abstract: A new time domain method is presented to identify moving loads on a bridge deck based on the measured responses. The bridge deck is modeled as an orthotropic plate and the loads are modeled ...

Abstract: A method for damage detection of a simply supported concrete bridge structure in time domain is presented using the interaction forces from the moving vehicles as excitation. The vehicular loads ...

Abstract: This note studies the signatures of nonlinear characteristics in the vibration response of a reinforced concrete beam with cracks using Hilbert-Huang transform with reference to their possible use for detecting damage in ...

Abstract: The dynamic behavior of an orthotropic plate simply supported on a pair of parallel edges and under a system of moving loads is analyzed based on Lagrange equation and modal superposition. Thin plate theory is assumed for ...

Abstract: This paper presents a time domain method to identify moving loads on a continuous beam from the measured structural vibration response. The method gives very accurate solutions for the forces with an improved formulation ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the possibility of using changes in the nonlinear characteristics of the reinforced concrete structures under vehicular loads to detect damage. An experimental study is carried out on a Tee-section ...

Abstract: A new moving load identification method formulated in state space with regularization on the solution is presented. The bridge deck is modeled as an orthotropic rectangular plate, and the loads ...

Abstract: An innovative approach for damage assessment of a bridge deck is proposed with the measured dynamic response of a vehicle moving on top of a structure. The simply supported bridge deck is modeled as a Euler–Bernoulli beam. ...

Abstract: This paper is on the characterization of the mechanical properties of Newtonian-type shock absorbing elastomeric composites. This composite material is a blend of elastomeric capsules or beads ...