TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kilic, S. A.
A1  - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Körfgen, B.
A1  - Apaydin, N. M.
A1  - Astaneh-Asl, A.
T1  - FE Model of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Suspension Bridge Using Thin Shell Finite Elements
JF  - Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
N2  - This paper presents the results of an eigenvalue analysis of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. A high-resolution finite element model was created directly from the available design documents. All physical properties of the structural components were included in detail, so no calibration to the measured data was necessary. The deck and towers were modeled with shell elements. A nonlinear static analysis was performed before the eigenvalue calculation. The calculated natural frequencies and corresponding mode shapes showed good agreement with the available measured ambient vibration data. The calculation of the effective modal mass showed that nine modes had single contributions higher than 5 % of the total mass. They were in a frequency range up to 1.2 Hz. The comparison of the results for the torsional modes especially demonstrated the advantage of using thin shell finite elements over the beam modeling approach.
KW  - Suspension bridge
KW  - 3D nonlinear finite element model
KW  - Thin shell finite elements
KW  - Natural frequency
KW  - Effective modal mass
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13369-016-2316-y
SN  - 2191-4281
VL  - 42
IS  - 3
SP  - 1103
EP  - 1116
PB  - Springer Nature
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Kilic, S. A.
A1  - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Astaneh-Asl, A.
A1  - Apaydin, N. M.
T1  - Finite element modeling of the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Suspension Bridge
T2  - Multi-Span Large Bridges - Proceedings of the International Conference on Multi-Span Large Bridges
Y1  - 2015
SN  - 9781138027572
SP  - 1169
EP  - 1173
PB  - CRC Press
CY  - Leiden
ER  -