
The Library
Data for Vibration serviceability of a GFRP railway crossing due to pedestrians and train excitation
Tools
Russell, J. M., Wei, Xiaojun, Živanović, Stana and Kruger, C. (2020) Data for Vibration serviceability of a GFRP railway crossing due to pedestrians and train excitation. [Dataset]
![]() |
Plain Text (Readme file)
ReadMe.docx - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Download (12Kb) |
![]() |
Archive (ZIP) (Zip archive)
Engineering Structures - Vibration Response of a GFRP Railway Crossing - DataSet.zip - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Download (61Mb) |
Abstract
Glass Fibre-Reinforced Polymers (GFRPs) are a popular option for pedestrian bridges over railway lines as they cause little disruption for installation or maintenance. However, as they are typically lighter and less stiff than traditional materials there is concern about their dynamic response due to human induced actions and train buffeting. Due to a lack of experimental information, further data is needed if such bridges are to be used on future lines, especially with higher speed limits. This paper presents an experimental investigation of the response of a 14.5 m GFRP truss bridge due to pedestrian loading and train induced vibrations. Vibration modes of interest were identified from impact hammer tests. The vibration responses to a range of human loading scenarios, as well as multiple train passes, were measured. The vibration levels remained low under all conditions, demonstrating that this particular type of GFRP bridge is suitable for railway crossings and that further optimisations may be available to designers while meeting vibration serviceability limits. However, consideration of the loadings suggests GFRP bridges may be more susceptible to higher pedestrian harmonics than traditional structures, and that vibrations from train buffeting are likely to be a design consideration for future bridges over high speed lines.
Item Type: | Dataset | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TF Railroad engineering and operation T Technology > TG Bridge engineering |
||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||
Type of Data: | Experimental data | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Glass fibers, Fiber-reinforced plastics, Glass-reinforced plastics, Railroad tracks -- Materials, Railroad tracks -- Vibration, Footbridges, Vibration | ||||||
Publisher: | University of Warwick, School of Engineering | ||||||
Official Date: | 17 June 2020 | ||||||
Dates: |
|
||||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Media of Output (format): | .txt .docx | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | University of Warwick | ||||||
Description: | Data record consists of a zip archive, organised by subfolders according to test type, and an accompanying readme file. |
||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 June 2020 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 June 2020 | ||||||
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant: |
|
||||||
Related URLs: | |||||||
Contributors: |
|
Request changes or add full text files to a record
Repository staff actions (login required)
![]() |
View Item |
Downloads
Downloads per month over past year