Research Article

Nonlinear Pounding Analysis of Multispan and Simply Supported Beam Bridges Subjected to Strong Ground Motions

Table 1

Natural frequencies and modes.

Orders of modesFrequency (Hz)Mode

13.598Antisymmetric longitudinal vibration
26.813Symmetric longitudinal vibration
37.849First-order antisymmetric vertical bending vibration
48.102First-order symmetric vertical bending vibration
58.933Second-order symmetric vertical bending vibration
610.524Second-order antisymmetric vertical bending vibration