Bridge Aeroelasticity: Sensitivity Analysis and Optimum Design

by J. A. Jurado, Santiago Hernandez, Félix Nieto, A. Mosquera

Overview

This book is dedicated to the study of an aeroelastic phenomenon of cable-supported long-span bridges known as flutter, and proposes very innovative design methodologies, such as sensitivity analysis and optimization techniques, already utilized successfully in automobile and aerospace industries. The topic of long-span suspension and cable-stayed bridges is currently of great importance. These types of bridge pose great technical difficulties due to their slenderness and often great dimension. Therefore, these bridges tend to have problems caused by natural forces such as wind loads, some of which we have witnessed in our history, and we are currently seeing a very high incidence of bridge construction to overcome geographical obstacles such as bays, straits, or great estuaries. Therefore, it seems very appropriate to write a book showing the current capability of analysis and design, when up until now, the information could only be found partially in technical articles. This book will be useful for bridge design engineers as well as researchers working in the field. This book only requires previous knowledge of structural finite element models and dynamics, and it is advisable to have some previous knowledge in bridge engineering. Nevertheless, this book is very self-contained in such a way that all the information necessary to understand the theoretical developments is presented without the need of additional bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845640569
Publisher:	WIT Press
Publication date:	02/28/2011
Series:	High Performance Structures and Materials Series , #10
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.10(h) x 1.00(d)

Editorial Reviews

"...The book is indeed comprehensive, containing descriptions of various types of bridges in the world with color illustrations, descussion of various failures with a technical and historical perspective, development of equations for flutter analysis, computational algorithms and applications to various bridges, construction considerations, experimental approaches, and design optimisation....In summary, the book is an excellent resource for diverse readers, be they engineers, researchers, professors, or graduate students, in civil or aerospace engineering.Each chapter is accompanied by an extensive bibliography for further study. The excellent illustrations add to the readability of the book."

Journal of Bridge Engineering