A new model for suspension bridges involving the convexification of the cables

DOI10.1007/S00033-020-01316-6zbMATH Open1440.35325arXiv1810.02853OpenAlexW2895726024MaRDI QIDQ2185802FDOQ2185802

Alessio Falocchi, Filippo Gazzola, Graziano Crasta

Publication date: 5 June 2020

Published in: ZAMP. Zeitschrift für angewandte Mathematik und Physik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The final purpose of this paper is to show that, by inserting a convexity constraint on the cables of a suspension bridge, the torsional instability of the deck appears at lower energy thresholds. Since this constraint is suggested by the behavior of real cables, this model appears more reliable than the classical ones. Moreover, it has the advantage to reduce to two the number of degrees of freedom (DOF), avoiding to introduce the slackening mechanism of the hangers. The drawback is that the resulting energy functional is extremely complicated, involving the convexification of unknown functions. This paper is divided in two main parts. The first part is devoted to the study of these functionals, through classical methods of calculus of variations. The second part applies this study to the suspension bridge model with convexified cables.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.02853

zbMATH Keywords

instabilitysuspension bridgesconvexification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Stability of dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H55)

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