Investigation on vibration reduction effects of a new vibration isolation module for pier foundation

This paper presents a new vibration isolation module which is set somewhere out of pier footings of footbridges. The isolation vibration effect of the vibration isolation module was analysed by means of experiment and FEM analysis. The attenuation decibels of the vibration strength were measured and researched under various working conditions. Making use of the finite element program, the new vibration isolation module was simulated and calculated. That the calculated results were in good agreement with the measured ones indicated the reliability of the numerical model. The simulation and measured results suggest that vibration reduction effects are satisfactory. The results can provide reference for vibration attenuation and vibration isolation of footbridges.