Simplified analytical method for optimized initial shape analysis of self-anchored suspension bridges and its verification

DOI10.1155/2015/923508MaRDI QIDQ1666948zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Myung-Rag Jung, Dong-Ju Min, Moon-Young Kim

Publication date 27 August 2018

Published in Mathematical Problems in Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/923508

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometrical methods for optimization problems in solid mechanics (74P20)

Review text

Summary: A simplified analytical method providing accurate unstrained lengths of all structural elements is proposed to find the optimized initial state of self-anchored suspension bridges under dead loads. For this, equilibrium equations of the main girder and the main cable system are derived and solved by evaluating the self-weights of cable members using unstrained cable lengths and iteratively updating both the horizontal tension component and the vertical profile of the main cable. Furthermore, to demonstrate the validity of the simplified analytical method, the unstrained element length method (ULM) is applied to suspension bridge models based on the unstressed lengths of both cable and frame members calculated from the analytical method. Through numerical examples, it is demonstrated that the proposed analytical method can indeed provide an optimized initial solution by showing that both the simplified method and the nonlinear FE procedure lead to practically identical initial configurations with only localized small bending moment distributions.

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