Bridges – Suspension
Patent
1987-02-02
1988-05-03
Novosad, Stephen J.
Bridges
Suspension
14 17, 14 73, E01D 1100
Patent
active
047410639
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns a suspension bridge comprising an essentially flat main structure, the upper surface of which forms the roadway for the transport means crossing the bridge, and a suspension structure formed of a plurality of catenary wires connected to end piers of the bridge and of a plurality of vertical stays for suspending the main flat bridge structure to the catenary wires. According to the invention, to the bridge structure there are associated wing control surfaces having an aerodynamic lifting and/or negative lifting action, the flutter speed proper to said wing control surfaces being considerably higher than the flutter speed proper to the bridge structure, and furthermore, the bridge structure and the wing control surfaces are stiffly interconnected and interact dynamically in order to shift the flutter speed of the whole at least above the top speed of the wind expected in the bridge area.
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Letchford John F.
Novosad Stephen J.
Stretto di Messina, S.P.A.
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