Dynamic analysis for lateral vibrations of footbridges under crowd based on a two-degrees-of-freedom model

DOI10.1155/2019/7452573MaRDI QIDQ2298758zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Bin Zhen, Wenbang Qi, Liang Chang

Publication date 20 February 2020

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/10.1155/2019/7452573

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25) Dynamical systems in other branches of physics (quantum mechanics, general relativity, laser physics) (37N20) Random vibrations in dynamical problems in solid mechanics (74H50)

Review text

Summary: Nakamura's model is widely used to describe lateral vibrations of a footbridge induced by crowd. The predicted responses of Nakamura's model were compared with measured data of T-bridge and M-bridge in Japan to demonstrate the validity. However, the predicted responses based on Nakamura's model almost always were stronger than measured data. Considering that both T-bridge and M-bridge are cable-stayed bridges, it seems to be not precise enough to simplify a cable-stayed bridge as a single degree of freedom system in Nakamura's model. In this paper, we establish a two-degrees-of-freedom model to describe lateral vibrations of a cable-stayed bridge. The cables have one degree, and the bridge deck has the other. Additionally, in this model we introduce a time delay in interaction between the bridge and pedestrians. By employing the center manifold theory, we find that a subcritical Hopf bifurcation occurs in the two-degrees-of-freedom model. We theoretically and numerically illustrate that the cables and time delay have significant influence on the lateral vibration amplitude of a footbridge under crowd. The appropriate increases of tension in the cables and time delay both can decrease the lateral vibration amplitude. The analysis for the proposed two-degrees-of-freedom model shows that the predicted responses of Nakamura's model can better agree with the measured date if we take the influence of cables and time delay into account.

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