Dynamics of High-Speed Railway Bridges: Selected and revised papers from the Advanced Course on 'Dynamics of High-Speed Railway Bridges', Porto, Portugal, 20-23 September 2005 / Edition 1

by Raimundo Delgado, Rui Calcada, Felipe Gabaldon, Jose Maria Goicolea

Overview

The dynamic behaviour of bridges strongly affects the infrastructure system of high-speed railways, and is a crucial factor in safety issues and passenger comfort. Dynamics of High-Speed Railway Bridges covers the latest research in this field, including:

– Recently developed dynamic analysis techniques;

– Train excitations;

– Design issues for high-speed railway bridges

– Fatigue conduct of viaducts and large span bridges;

– Bridge dynamic behaviour;

– Case studies.

Dynamics of High-Speed Railway Bridges will be invaluable to professionals, scientists, public institutions and students involved in the design, construction and maintenance of high-speed railway bridges.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415467674
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/23/2008
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rui Calcada, Raimundo Delgado, Jose Maria Goicolea, Felipe Galbaldon

Table of Contents

Table of contents Preface 1 Dynamic behaviour of rail bridges: The train excitation 2 Design issues related to dynamic effects for high speed railway bridges in Spain 3 Dynamics of bridges under moving loads (past, present and future) 4 Experimental verifications of vibration – and fatigue conduct of viaducts and large span bridges, crossed by high-speed trains 5 Last developments of dynamic analysis of bridges under moving train loads 6 Assessment of the dynamic response of high-speed railway bridges in interoperable lines 7 Dynamic behaviour of ballast on railway bridges 8 Dynamic analysis of structures under high speed train loads: case studies in Spain 9 Dynamic calculations of high-speed railway bridges in France – some case studies 10 Recent advances in the understanding of bridge dynamic behaviour on The West Coast Main Line Route Modernisation Project