A fully nonlinear parametric model for wind-excited arch bridges is proposed to carry out the flutter analysis of Ponte della Musica under construction in Rome. Within the context of an exact kinematic formulation, all of the deformation modes are considered (extensional, shear, torsional, in-plane, and out-of-plane bending modes) both in the deck and supporting arches. The nonlinear equations of motion are obtained via a total Lagrangian formulation while linearly elastic constitutive equations are adopted for all structural members. The parametric nonlinear model is employed to investigate the bridge limit states appearing either as a divergence bifurcation (limit point obtained by path following the response under an increasing multiplier of the vertical accidental loads) or as a Hopf bifurcation of a suitable eigenvalue problem (where the bifurcation parameter is the wind speed). The eigenvalue problem ensues from the governing equations of motion linearized about the in-service prestressed bridge configuration under the dead loads and wind-induced forces. The latter are expressed in terms of the aeroelastic derivatives evaluated through wind-tunnel tests conducted on a sectional model of the bridge. The results of the aeroelastic analysis-flutter speed and critical flutter mode shape-show a high sensitivity of the flutter condition with respect to the level of prestress and the bridge structural damping.

Flutter of an Arch Bridge via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Formulation / Lacarbonara, Walter; Arena, Andrea. - In: JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. - ISSN 0893-1321. - STAMPA. - 24:1(2011), pp. 112-123. [10.1061/(asce)as.1943-5525.0000059]

Flutter of an Arch Bridge via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Formulation

LACARBONARA, Walter;ARENA, ANDREA
2011

Abstract

A fully nonlinear parametric model for wind-excited arch bridges is proposed to carry out the flutter analysis of Ponte della Musica under construction in Rome. Within the context of an exact kinematic formulation, all of the deformation modes are considered (extensional, shear, torsional, in-plane, and out-of-plane bending modes) both in the deck and supporting arches. The nonlinear equations of motion are obtained via a total Lagrangian formulation while linearly elastic constitutive equations are adopted for all structural members. The parametric nonlinear model is employed to investigate the bridge limit states appearing either as a divergence bifurcation (limit point obtained by path following the response under an increasing multiplier of the vertical accidental loads) or as a Hopf bifurcation of a suitable eigenvalue problem (where the bifurcation parameter is the wind speed). The eigenvalue problem ensues from the governing equations of motion linearized about the in-service prestressed bridge configuration under the dead loads and wind-induced forces. The latter are expressed in terms of the aeroelastic derivatives evaluated through wind-tunnel tests conducted on a sectional model of the bridge. The results of the aeroelastic analysis-flutter speed and critical flutter mode shape-show a high sensitivity of the flutter condition with respect to the level of prestress and the bridge structural damping.
2011
aeroelastic/flutter derivatives; arch bridge; flexural-torsional flutter; flutter speed; geometrically exact approach
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Flutter of an Arch Bridge via a Fully Nonlinear Continuum Formulation / Lacarbonara, Walter; Arena, Andrea. - In: JOURNAL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING. - ISSN 0893-1321. - STAMPA. - 24:1(2011), pp. 112-123. [10.1061/(asce)as.1943-5525.0000059]
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