Vibration Analysis for Pendent Pedestrian Path of a Long-Span Extradosed Bridge

Chuanjie Cui, Rujin Ma, Xiaohong Hu and Wuchao He
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Chuanjie Cui: College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Rujin Ma: College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Xiaohong Hu: College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Wuchao He: Shanghai Municipal Engineering Design Institute (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200092, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 17, 1-15

Abstract: Pendent pedestrian path is a new structure form in long-span city bridges to satisfy vehicle passing demand and pedestrian passing demand simultaneously. For such design form, besides the traditional comfort problem caused by pedestrians, the vibration induced by upper passing vehicles and oncoming turbulent wind also cannot be ignored. In this research, the vibration characteristics of the pendent pedestrian path induced by pedestrians, upper vehicles, and turbulent wind are all investigated based on a designed long-span extradosed bridge. The results show that the design of the pedestrian path could satisfy the comfort demands comprehensively regardless of the local magnification effects of pedestrian path vibration. Reducing the spacing of the supported beam is meaningful for suppressing the local vibration effects. The road roughness of the upper pavement has significant effects on the maximum acceleration of pedestrian paths while the influence of the vehicle speed is relatively limited. An approximate quadratic relationship is observed between the buffeting-induced acceleration and the oncoming wind speed. Thus, the pedestrian path should be closed during strong winds.

Keywords: pendent pedestrian path; vibration; pedestrian load; upper vehicle; turbulent wind; comfort (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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