UCD School of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering

Software Download

Free download of software developed at the Bridge and Transport Infrastructure Research Centre. This software is provided free for use in research and education. If you wish to report problems or improvements concerning this code, please contact the authors of the papers mentioned below.

Vehicle-Bridge Interaction

This code models the response of a plate structure to a moving vehicle using MATLAB. When using this software in one of your research articles, please cite publications by the BaTIR group where these models have been employed by the authors:

•  Dowling, J., OBrien, E. and Gonzalez, A. ; (2012) 'Adaptation of Cross Entropy Optimisation to a Dynamic Bridge WIM Calibration Problem'. Engineering Structures, 44 :13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.05.047.
• Cantero, D., Gonzalez, A. and OBrien, E.J.; (2011) 'Comparison of bridge dynamic amplification due to articulated 5-axle trucks and large cranes'. Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 6 (1):39-47. doi:10.3846/bjrbe.2011.06.
• Cantero, D., OBrien, E.J. and González, A.; (2010) 'Modelling the vehicle in vehicle-infrastructure dynamic interaction studies'. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K, Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, 224(K2) :243-248. doi: 10.1243/14644193JMBD228. (download)

If you want to refer to the website, please use the general web address of the research centre: 

• BaTIR Development Team, 2012. Vehicle-Bridge Interaction Modelling. Open Source. http://www.ucd.ie/eacollege/csee/research/batir/

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Road Carpet Profile

This code models the road irregularities using MATLAB. It can be used in combination with the Vehicle-Bridge Interaction software provided above.

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