Extending the Fatigue Life of Steel Truss Bridges with Tuned Mass Damper Systems

Figure 7

The simply supported beam representing the bridge subjected to moving train loads (a) series multiple TMD (STMD), (b) parallel multiple TMD (MTMD-n), and (c) classic TMD (TMD-1) [60]. Sketch example of TMD-1 installed on the bridge (d).

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