Coupled Vibration Analysis of a Beam-Arch Composite Continuous Rigid Structure with Parallel Traffic Flow

Abstract

To investigate the structural dynamic characteristics of a beam-arch composite continuous rigid structure bridge under the action of parallel moving loads on a multi-lane highway, a joint simulation analysis program based on Easy Language and ANSYS was developed. This study was conducted using a six-span beam-arch composite continuous rigid structure bridge located in Shaanxi Province as the reference project. The research focused on the most adverse dynamic coupled responses of the main beam midspan, arch crown, and suspension rods caused by double-axle cars, double-axle trucks, and three-axle trucks on a single-direction three-lane road surface.