Active and passive aeroelastic control of long-span suspension bridges

Thesis

Long-span bridges constitute landmark projects, whose iconic impact blends together aesthetic creativity and structural competence. The simplicity of their form is contrasted by the magnitude of their scale, and the span length, in particular, relates to the structure's technical efficiency as well as to its visual impression. Simple extrapolation of rather conventional concepts, however, does not usually lead to great progress in technological development and this might prove to be the ca...

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Authors: Bakis, K

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: Aeroelasticity; Structural control (Engineering); Structural analysis (Engineering); Bridge Engineering