The previous article (Curvature effects on a medium-span curved bridge) showed that we should be cautious to get reasonable torsional moments through simple beam analysis. One of the easiest ways to refine the results is to add more nodes a...
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Dr. Hirai was a Japanese engineer, professor, and researcher. In 1940, Dr. Hirai went to a movie theater and watched the news about the fail...
Analysis of suspension bridges - Peery’s methods use integration To calculate the area of influence lines, Simpson’s method has been applied...
What are suspension bridges? A suspension bridge is a unique kind supported by large main cables suspended between two or more towers, often...
4th-order differential equation Eq(2) is a 4th-order differential equation, and we can imagine it is not simple to solve.
The Question We have structural analysis programs. Can we make the model (like other conventional bridges) and perform the analysis (as usua...
