Dr. Hirai was a Japanese engineer, professor, and researcher. In 1940, Dr. Hirai went to a movie theater and watched the news about the failure of the old Tacoma bridge. He was very inspired and started his research on wind engineering for ...
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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...
Introduction Prestressed concrete technology is widely used worldwide in the construction of various structures, especially bridges. Prestre...
Composite Section Analysis Finally we came to the composite section analysis. One of the best examples is from Dr. Gilbert and Dr. Ranzi (Ex...
The limitations of linear static analysis in the seismic design gave rise to non-linear static analysis or Pushover analysis. Pushover analy...
