Abstract
In the performance-based design method, serviceability such as the evaluation of vibration of the vehicle and the bridge structure, and the crack width of the concrete slab is required to be checked. Therefore, the vehicle-bridge vibrational problem, which includes the nonlinear restoring characteristics in some members of the bridge, is required to be solved.
In this paper, first, the vehicle-bridge vibrational problem, which includes the nonlinear restoring characteristics in some members of the bridge is formulated. Secondly, it is confirmed the efficiency of the numerical analysis method through the numerical examples which deal with the crack width of concrete slab and horizontal shear forces applied to shear connectors in continuous composite girder bridge.
