Model Reduction Technique Tailored to the Dynamic Analysis of a Beam Structure under a Moving Load

Table 3

Computation times of the original and condensed moving load models with different beam lengths or numbers of beam elements.

	10 beam elements		20 beam elements		30 beam elements
5 m	1.37 s	1.25 s	2.19 s	1.27 s	4.97 s	1.38 s
	8.8%		42%		72.2%
10 m	2.61 s	2.42 s	4.50 s	2.46 s	—	—
	7.3%		45%
20 m	5.38 s	4.93 s	—	—	—	—
	8.36%