Change in mass and damping on vertically vibrating footbridges due to pedestrians

Christos T. Georgakis; Nina G. Jørgensen

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-6519-5_4

Change in mass and damping on vertically vibrating footbridges due to pedestrians

Christos T. Georgakis, Nina G. Jørgensen

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Pedestrian-induced footbridge vibrations are an issue that bridge designers often have to contend with. A plethora of research in recent years has led to the development of load models and procedures that allow for the determination of footbridge response. Nonetheless, measured footbridge responses often deviate from those predicted. One of the main deficiencies of the existing models and guidelines is the exclusion of the effect of changes in the footbridge's dynamic properties due to the presence of pedestrians. More specifically, any change in mass and/or damping that a pedestrian might introduce to a bridge will affect the bridges overall dynamic response. This effect is an element of what is often referred to as human-structure interaction. In this paper, the results of an experimental study to determine the change in mass and damping of a vertically vibrating footbridge due to traversing pedestrians are presented. © The Society for Experimental Mechanics, Inc. 2013.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Topics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3 : Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013
Editors	Alvaro Cunha
Volume	3
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2013
Pages	37-45
Chapter	4
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4614-6518-8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4614-6519-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6519-5_4
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	IMAC XXXI Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics: Engineering Nonlinearities in Structural Dynamics - Garden Grove, Los Angeles, United States Duration: 11 Feb 2013 → 14 Feb 2013 Conference number: 31

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Conference	IMAC XXXI Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics
Number	31
Location	Garden Grove
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	11/02/2013 → 14/02/2013

Series	Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
ISSN	2191-5644

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Vertical footbridge vibrations
Mass
Damping

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Georgakis, Christos T. ; Jørgensen, Nina G. / Change in mass and damping on vertically vibrating footbridges due to pedestrians. Topics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013. editor / Alvaro Cunha. Vol. 3 Springer, 2013. pp. 37-45 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series).

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Georgakis, CT & Jørgensen, NG 2013, Change in mass and damping on vertically vibrating footbridges due to pedestrians. in A Cunha (ed.), Topics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013. vol. 3, Springer, Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series, pp. 37-45, IMAC XXXI Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, Los Angeles, California, United States, 11/02/2013. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6519-5_4

Change in mass and damping on vertically vibrating footbridges due to pedestrians. / Georgakis, Christos T.; Jørgensen, Nina G.
Topics in Dynamics of Bridges, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013. ed. / Alvaro Cunha. Vol. 3 Springer, 2013. p. 37-45 (Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series).

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