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From: Guidance for footbridge design: a new simplified method for the accurate evaluation of the structural response in serviceability conditions

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a Lateral and vertical loading introduced by a pedestrian; b Amplitude of the pedestrian vertical load Fp,v/wp versus time according to step frequency magnitude (wp is the pedestrian weight); c Fundamental mechanics of lateral equilibrium defining lateral pedestrian loads; d Amplitude of the normalised pedestrian lateral load Fp,l/wp versus time according to step frequency magnitude

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