A Mathematical Treatise on Vibrations in Railway Bridges

Klappentext Originally published in 1934! this book by the renowned British civil engineer Sir Charles Inglis (1875-1952) presents a study of 'the dynamic effects in railway bridges! produced by the action of locomotives and other moving loads! and the determination of simple! yet scientific formulae! whereby these effects can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy'. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1934! this book by the renowned British civil engineer Sir Charles Inglis (1875-1952) presents a study of 'the dynamic effects in railway bridges! produced by the action of locomotives and other moving loads! and the determination of simple! yet scientific formulae! whereby these effects can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy'.

Klappentext

Originally published in 1934, this book studies the dynamic effects in railway bridges, produced by the action of locomotives and other moving loads.

Zusammenfassung
Originally published in 1934, this book by the renowned British civil engineer Sir Charles Inglis (1875-1952) presents a study of 'the dynamic effects in railway bridges, produced by the action of locomotives and other moving loads, and the determination of simple, yet scientific formulae, whereby these effects can be predicted with a reasonable degree of accuracy'.

Inhalt

Introduction; 1. Deflections of beams obtained by methods of harmonic analysis; 2. Natural frequencies and normal modes of vibration; 3. Oscillations produced by stationary but alternating distributions of load; 4. Oscillations produced by moving loads of constant magnitude; 5. Oscillations produced by a moving alternating force; 6. Oscillations produced by a moving alternating force, taking into account damping; 7. Oscillations produced by a moving alternating force associated with a concentrated moving mass; 8. Oscillations produced by a moving alternating force associated with a moving concentrated mass and damping influences; 9. Oscillations taking into account the spring movement of a locomotive; 10. Resistance to spring movement treated in accordance with the laws of solid friction; 11. Vector methods for computing oscillations due to alternating forces; 12. Oscillations in short-span bridges; 13. Bridge and locomotive characteristics; 14. Dynamic bending-moments and shearing-forces; Synopsis.