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    Design for the crossing over the river mersey (UK): Suspension bridge

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    As part of a larger research aimed at studying the aerodynamic and aeroelastic behaviour of single box decks for long-span suspension bridges in order to provide general guide lines of preliminary design, the new crossing over the River Mersey in the Liverpool area (UK) is presented as a casestudy. The research focuses on three generic cross-sections characterized by a different nose. Bridge deck preliminary design is performed according to Eurocode 1 and 3; static wind tunnel tests on the bridge deck are carried out in order to acquire pressure coefficients. Static force coefficients are obtained through the integration of the mean pressure distribution on the deck surface. Aeroelastic wind tunnel tests were performed in order to acquire flutter derivatives. FEM analyses are performed on the full scale model using forces time histories evaluated with aerodynamic coefficients obtained from pressure coefficients. Critical flutter velocity is calculated in order to study the global bridge instability. Results are presented

    Modello analitico per la stima dell’ampiezza di oscillazione per distacco dei vortici

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    Si descrive un modello analitico dell’interazione tra la forzante dovuta al distacco sincronizzato dei vortici e il moto della struttura elastica interessata. Il modello, basato su relazioni empiriche che fanno dipendere dall’ampiezza di oscillazione a) l’ampiezza dell’intervallo di sincronizzazione, b) il valore del coefficiente di lift e c) il valore della fase moto-forzante, consente di ottenere simulazioni della risposta in buon accordo con le osservazioni sperimentali

    Sicurezza all'instabilità globale dei telai in acciaio.

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    Giornate Italiane della Costruzione in Acciaio, C.T.A., Verona, 197

    Sicurezza all'instabilità globale dei telai in acciaio.

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    Giornate Italiane della Costruzione in Acciaio, C.T.A., Verona, 197
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