Dynamic responses of Euler-Bernoulli beam subjected to moving vehicles using isogeometric approach

Dynamic analysis of beam structures subjected to moving vehicles using an isogeometric Euler-Bernoulli formulation is presented in this paper. The method utilizes B-Splines or Non-Uniform Rational-Splines (NURBS) as the basis functions for both geometric and analysis implementation. The rotation-free technique has been incorporated into the formulation by using only one deflection variable with excluding the rotational degrees of freedom adopted for each control point. Then, it enables to use a few degrees of freedom (Dofs) to achieve a highly accurate solution. The validations of the proposed method included a complicated moving vehicle and rough pavement effects are compared to the precisely analytical results. Compared with most existing methods of finite element method (FEM) and readily analytical solutions, the present technique indicated the effectiveness of present isogeometric method and its well accurate prediction for suitable simulating the interaction model of the bridge structures and complicated vehicles. (C) 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.