Periodic structures with a transition zone
three amplification phenomena
Andrei B. Faragau (TU Delft - Dynamics of Structures)
J. M. De Oliveira Barbosa (TU Delft - Mechanics and Physics of Structures)
A.V. Metrikine (TU Delft - Offshore Engineering, TU Delft - Engineering Structures)
K. N. van Dalen (TU Delft - Dynamics of Structures)
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Abstract
Periodic systems under the action of moving loads have attracted the attention of researchers in the past century. These problems pose academic challenges and are of high practical relevance due to their application in railway, road, and bridge engineering, among others.
Despite the numerous studies on periodic systems, few are dedicated to the influence of a local inhomogeneous region, a so-called transition zone, on the dynamic response. The objective here is to present three phenomena that can lead to response amplification in periodic systems with a transition zone.