According to BS 5400-2, the dynamic factor for Railway Bridges should be calculated considering the Influence Line length (L). When the Influence line is unsymmetric, "L" should be calculated as twice the length of the distance between "point of zero" and "point of maximum value". Hence when...
When designing railway bridges it is obvious that dynamic factors should be used for fatigue limit state design. But some argue that dynamic factors should not be taken in to account for the analyses when the FLS design approach is damage calculation method. Any comments please. My argument is...
