Vehicle-bridge interaction dynamics : with applications to high-speed railways

• Main Author: Yang, Yeong-Bin, 1954-
• Other Authors: Yao, Zhongda, Wu, Y. S.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2004.
• Subjects: High speed trains.; Railroad bridges.; Bridges > Live loads.; Dynamics.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9812388478; 9789812388476; 9812567178; 9789812567178; 9781615830718; 1615830715; 128187728X; 9781281877284
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 530 pages) : illustrations

The commercial operation of the bullet train in 1964 in Japan markedthe beginning of a new era for high-speed railways. Because of thehuge amount of kinetic energy carried at high speeds, a train mayinteract significantly with the bridge and even resonate with it undercertain circumstances. Equally...