Variational formulation of the Melan equation

DOI10.1002/MMA.3962MaRDI QIDQ5374356zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Filippo Gazzola, Yongda Wang, Raffaella Pavani

Publication date 10 April 2018

Published in Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.03253

zbMATH Keywords

Melan equationnonlinear nonlocal equationssuspension bridges

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonlinear boundary value problems for ordinary differential equations (34B15) Variational methods involving nonlinear operators (47J30) Nonlinear elasticity (74B20) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10)

Abstract: The Melan beam equation modeling suspension bridges is considered. A slightly modified equation is derived by applying variational principles and by minimising the total energy of the bridge. The equation is nonlinear and nonlocal, while the beam is hinged at the endpoints. We show that the problem always admits at least one solution whereas the uniqueness remains open although some numerical results suggest that it should hold. We also emphasize the qualitative difference with some simplified models.

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