“…Moreover, if damping of the structure is considered, the dissipative effect cannot be simulated by these numerical methods. The generalized multi-symplectic method [Hu et al, 2012a;Hu et al, 2013a;Hu et al, 2013b;Hu et al, 2012b] derived from the multi-symplectic idea [Bridges, 1997;Bridges and Reich, 2001;Moore and Reich, 2003a;Moore and Reich, 2003b;Reich, 2000], proved to be a high-efficiency structure-preserving method for analyzing the moving load system and the dissipative problem [Hu et al, 2012a;Hu et al, 2012b], is now used to study the dynamic responses of a nonuniform continuous beam with small damping coefficient under moving loads in this paper. The results of the numerical experiments are presented for the beam under a single load moving at a constant speed or a variable speed.…”