Abstract: Coupling vehicle bridge vibration system were treated as two subsystems, one for the bridge and the other for the vehicle, the geometric and mechanical coupling relations between vehicle and bridge were introduced, the ...

Abstract: Recently, the occurrence frequency of extra-heavy trucks (EHTs, gross weight ≥8  t) in China has significantly arisen due to the increasing demand of heavy freight transportation. Load characteristics, such as traveling ...

Abstract: Truck weight regulations maintain controls on the actual truck-load characteristics and can further affect the serviceability of constructed infrastructures. To investigate the truck weight regulations of small- to medium-span ...

Abstract: Super long-span bridges offer great convenience, but, because of their high decks, they also suffer from traffic safety problems related to strong winds. In this paper, large eddy simulation and dynamic mesh techniques for ...

Abstract: This paper presents the safety assessment of prestressed concrete box-beam (PCB) bridges under customized transport vehicle (CTV) load. First, the recorded data of 81,616 CTVs were used in the investigation of load ...