Traditionally, the traffic and the seismic dynamics have been considered independently when analyzing the seismic response of bridges. Given the ever increasing traffic v [...]

This paper investigates the seismic behavior of an interacting train-bridge system. The study models the three dimensional vehicle as a multibody assembly. Each component [...]

In this work we derive the principle of stationary total potential energy in structural dynamics firstly presented by the second of the authors and demonstrate its applic [...]