Wind loads on open truss structures: Applications of blockage to historic transporter bridges

A. J. Carter; P. H. Taylor; H. Santo; A. Blakeborough

doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0017

Wind loads on open truss structures: Applications of blockage to historic transporter bridges

A. J. Carter, P. H. Taylor^*, H. Santo, A. Blakeborough

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The overall aim of this study is to compare and contrast the design of the two remaining working examples of early twentieth-century transporter bridges in the UK, namely, those at Newport and Middlesbrough.With the aid ofmodern finite-element analysis, the behaviour of the structures under loading is investigated, likely modes of failure determined and the efficiency of each structure evaluated. The important horizontal load component due to wind at the exposed locations of the bridges is examined using 'current blockage', ideas transferred from recent work on wave-current-structure interaction for space-frame structures in offshore engineering.

Original language	English
Article number	20190017
Journal	Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Volume	377
Issue number	2155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0017
Publication status	Published - 7 Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes

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General Mathematics
General Engineering
General Physics and Astronomy

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Current blockage
Transporter bridges
Wind loading

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