Flutter stability analysis of suspension bridges by precise time-integration method
  Revised:October 06, 1999
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DOI:10.7511/jslx20013064
KeyWord:suspension bridges,flutter stability,precise time-integration method
LIU Gao  WANG Xiu-wei 2  QIANG Shi-zhong 3
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Abstract:
      The application of the precise time-integration method in the flutter stability analysis of suspension bridges is studied. Firstly, the bridge structure is combined with wind as a whole system, and the system's state-space equation about the generalized coordinates of modes is assembled. Then, the time-history of the state-space vector is computed by the precise time-integration method. According to the logarithmic decrement of the time-history of the state-space vector, the stability of the system is estimate. Finally, the British Severn Bridge is analyzed to confirm the method.