Technical Papers On Line

[Bridgeman]

Hi, does anyone whether technical papers are available for veiwing or download on-line?<br>
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Regards,<br>
Bridgeman<br>

 

[asdf]

I seem to find quite a few posted on State DOT and University websites. I have many in my personal library, what are you looking for ?

 

[Bridgeman]

Looking for papers on bridges generally.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Bridgeman

 

[MikeVV]

Bridgeman, I recall a site devoted to bridges specifically and it contained several technical papers. It was sponsored by a consulting firm that designs bridges. Unfortunately I do not recall the exact URL, check a portal such as AltaVista.com and search on the string "Bridge AND design" or "bridge AND engineer". Also, look at Stanford University's site, cdr.Stanford.edu/

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[Bridgeman]

mikevv and asdf,<br>
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thanks - will search those sites!<br>
Regards,<br>
Bridgeman

 

[ramezkamel]

Hi<br><br>i think that you need to change your point of view when studying influence lines.<br><br>When you plot a BMD, you plot bending moment among the x axis. function of the bending moment is only dependant on x (for a given load of course), so M = function(x)<br><br><br>Now, lets make it more complex. suppose that you have a point loading on a beam. but you don't know exactly where it is. To be able to formulate some sort of solution, say it is place somwhere on the beam, at an unknown position &quot;a&quot;. <br><br>You can now write M = function (x,a)<br><br>Now you can plot several BMD, depending on the position of the loading (the &quot;a&quot; parameter).<br><br>Ok, now that we made it complex, lets make it easyier:<br><br>Say that you dont want to know the moments on all the beam. but only at a particular point of the beam, say at position &quot;x_fixed&quot;.<br><br>The previous moments function becomes M = function(x_fixed,a).<br><br>The only parameter you can vary is &quot;a&quot;. and the results that you will get are only valid for the particular x position you chose earlyier (x = x_fixed).<br><br>This is called an influence line, at a particular x ordinate...<br><br>For i don't know what reason, influence line have always been confusing... don't worry.<br><br>