TY - JOUR
T1 - Vehicle-induced loads on traffic sign panels
AU - Sanz-Andres, A
AU - Santiago-Prowald, J
AU - Baker, Christopher
AU - Quinn, Andrew
PY - 2003/6/1
Y1 - 2003/6/1
N2 - The determination of the loads on traffic sign panels in the current standards does not, in general, take into account the vehicle-induced loads, as explained by Quinn, Baker and Wright (QBW in what follows) (J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 89 (2001) 831). On the other hand, a report from Cali and Covert (CC) (J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 84 (2000) 87) indicates that in highway sign support structures, vehicle-induced loads have led to premature failures in some cases. The aim of this paper is to present a mathematical model for the vehicle-induced load on a flat sign panel, simple enough to give analytical results, but able to explain the main characteristics of the phenomenon. The results of the theoretical model help to explain the behaviour observed in the experiments performed in previous studies. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
AB - The determination of the loads on traffic sign panels in the current standards does not, in general, take into account the vehicle-induced loads, as explained by Quinn, Baker and Wright (QBW in what follows) (J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 89 (2001) 831). On the other hand, a report from Cali and Covert (CC) (J. Wind Eng. Ind. Aerodyn. 84 (2000) 87) indicates that in highway sign support structures, vehicle-induced loads have led to premature failures in some cases. The aim of this paper is to present a mathematical model for the vehicle-induced load on a flat sign panel, simple enough to give analytical results, but able to explain the main characteristics of the phenomenon. The results of the theoretical model help to explain the behaviour observed in the experiments performed in previous studies. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
KW - train
KW - non-steady loads
KW - traffic sign
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U2 - 10.1016/S0167-6105(03)00035-7
DO - 10.1016/S0167-6105(03)00035-7
M3 - Article
VL - 91
SP - 925
EP - 942
JO - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
JF - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
ER -