Abstract Among the load scenarios considered for serviceability assessment of human-induced footbridge vibration, is that transient action a single pedestrian or small group pedestrians. Although such stochastic due to variability gait parameters, available Codes and Guidelines all assume it deterministic equal coming from “worst ever” given footbridge. This approach sound an engineering point ...

1. Abrams, Daniel Strogatz, Steven H. Cornell University McRobie, Allan Cambridge University A Coupled Oscillator Model of the Millennium Bridge Instability On June 10, 2000, London's new footbridge across the Thames opened to great acclaim. Within 48 hours authorities were forced to close the bridge, citing a dangerous lateral vibration induced by the large crowds. Using methods taken from mat...

Many footbridges have natural frequencies that coincide with the dominant frequencies of the pedestrian-induced load and therefore they have a potential to suffer excessive vibrations under dynamic loads induced by pedestrians. Some of the design standards introduce load models for pedestrian loads applicable for simple structures. Load modeling for more complex structures, on the other hand, i...

The reliable prediction of pedestrian-induced vibration is essential for serviceability assessment and further mitigation design footbridges. response the footbridge governed by not only structure dynamic model but also crowd-induced load, which naturally involves randomness uncertainty. It consequently significant to appropriately characterize uncertainties during numerical modelling crowd beh...

Vibration serviceability under crowd-induced loading has become a key design criterion for footbridges. Although increased research efforts are put into the characterization of loading, including related interaction phenomena, and first-generation guides available, major challenge lies in further development validation prediction models vibrations. Full-scale benchmark datasets that simultaneou...