Research Highlights


Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Analysis

Numerical Simulations

continuous slab highway bridge

interacting with trucks (3D)

(click in the image for animation video)

curved continuous railway bridge

interacting with train (3D)

(click in the image for animation video)

steel arch truss railway bridge

interacting with train (3D)

(click in the image for animation video)

Analytical & Theoretical Research (with informal presentations)

additional damping effect on bridges

because of VBI

pertinet publication: Stoura-Dimitrakopoulos 2020

(click in the image for an informal presentation by Dr STOURA)

Modified Bridge System method

to characterize and decouple VBI

pertinet publication: Stoura-Dimitrakopoulos 2020

(click in the image for an informal presentation by Dr STOURA)

MDOF extension of the Modified Bridge System method

pertinet publication: Stoura-Dimitrakopoulos 2020

short interview of Dr STOURA

(click in the image for an informal presentation by Dr STOURA)

localized lagrange multipliers approach for VBI

pertinet publication: Zeng-Stoura-Dimitrakopoulos 2018

(click in the image for an informal presentation by Dr STOURA)

Dynamic Partitioning Method for VBI

pertinet publication: Stoura et al 2021

(click in the image for an informal presentation by Dr STOURA)


Multi-Culm Bamboo Structural Members

short interview video clip related to this research

(from 11:25 to 13:44)

4-culm bamboo structural members

experimental testing video (#1), (#2), (#3), (#4)

specimens transversely confined by hose-clamps

experimental testing video (#1), (#2)

specimens transversely confined by hose-clamps

(experimental testing video (Type A), (Type B), (Type C))

Rocking Dynamics

  • seismic response of the rocking frame
  • Rocking Dynamics

  • effect of the asymmetry on the seismic stability of the freestanding rocking frame
  • Rocking Dynamics

     

    Seismic Response Analysis of Bridges

    Seismic response analysis of bridges

    (click in the image for animation video)