MS 08

Moving Loads

Organizers

Karel van Dalen,
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Traian Mazilu,
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania

Zuzana Dimitrovová,
Nova University of Lisbon, Portugal

Wanming Zhai,
Southwest Jiaotong University, China

Vladimir Stojanovic,
University of Nis, Serbia

Angelo Luongo
University of L’Aquila, Italy

Huajiang Ouyang,
University of Liverpool, UK

Manuel Ferretti,
University of L’Aquila, Italy

Contents

This mini-symposium particularly focuses on the modelling and in-depth understanding of the following fundamental problems in civil and mechanical engineering:

1. dynamics of systems with spatially varying properties such as railway tracks excited by moving loads
2. modelling and analysis of vehicle-structure interaction, including stability analysis; this concerns conventional railway systems, but also high-speed transportation systems such as Maglev and Hyperloop
3. dynamics of gun-tubes and railguns
4. frictional contact problems between moving bodies and elastic structures
5. pantograph-catenary interaction modelling and analysis, including tribological aspects
6. dynamics of underground tunnels and environmental impact
7. deterioration of structures/tracks, including granular materials (e.g., ballast), under the excitation of moving loads

Contributions outside these specific focal areas, but related to the topic of the mini-symposium, are also very welcome.