ABSTRACT
Over the past decade, the roadside hardware design process has changed substantially as nonlinear dynamic Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has found increasing application. A substantial portion of conceptual design can now be performed using computational simulation rather than experimental testing. The presented paper deals with the analysis of dynamic responses of a noise damping wall to actions of wind as well as to the impact of a vehicle (Hradil et al. 2009). The response to the vehicle impact has been analyzed using a specially elaborated complex computational model, comprising both the nonlinear model of the damping wall and the detailed model of the vehicle (in accordance with EN-1317).
