Dynamic factor to live load regulation during structural calculation of bridges at high-speed networks

Abstract

Objective: Improvement of dynamic analysis method of simple beam spans in the process of high-speed trains impact. Methods: Mathematical modeling with numerical and analytical methods of building mechanics was applied. Results: The parameters of high-speed trains influence on simple beam spans of bridges were analyzed. The method of dynamic factor to live load determination was introduced. The reliability of the method in question was corroborated by the results of numerical simulation of high-speed trains’ movement by beam spans with different speeds. The introduced algorithm of dynamic analysis was based on the connection between maximum acceleration of a beam span in resonance vibration mode and the basic factors of stress-strain state. The method in question makes it possible to determine both maximum and bottom values of main loading in a construction, which determines the possibility of endurance tests. It was noted that dynamic additions for the components of stress-strain state (bending moments, shear force, vertical deflections) were different. The fact in question determines the necessity of differential approach application to identify dynamic factors in the process of calculation testing on the first and the second groups of limit states. Practical importance: The method of dynamic factors’ determination presented in the study makes it possible to perform dynamic analysis and determine the main loading in simple beam spans without application of numerical modeling and direct analytical analysis, which considerably reduces labor costs on engineering.