TIMBER FOOTBRIDGES – VALORIZATION OF PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS IN OPTIMIZATION OF LAYOUT OF BEAM BRIDGES

Abstract

Paper presents results of the analysis of possible design solutions of timber beam bridges considering all usual demands for their stability, safety and functionality when they are designed to serve pedestrian and cyclist traffic, and, if necessary, traffic of emergency and service vehicles as well. Parametric finite element models (FEM) of bridges with simply supported glulam main-beams, have been divided into four groups, each consisting of several subgroups.