Dynamic Analysis of the Hungerford Footbridges Case Study cable stay footbridges dynamic analysis assessment for deliberate vandalism Westminster City Council organised an international design competition in 1996 on behalf of the Cross River Partnership, a group formed by public and private bodies whose aim is to promote links across the Thames. The winning team comprised engineers WSP Group and architects Lifschutz Davidson. The scheme consists of two new footbridges, one on each side of Charing Cross railway bridge, and two link bridges which connect the South Bank to the Surrey pier of the railway bridge. LUSAS Bridge was used to calculate the dynamic response of the bridges and to generate the parameters for wind tunnel tests. The two multi-span main footbridges are 320m long and 4.7m

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