Abstract:There are few similar projects of half-through skew arch curved beam composite bridge in China. But with the pursuit of bridge landscape, it is used more and more in bridge design. However, there are few studies on the dynamic characteristics of this bridge. Based on the present situation, taking a (26+36+55+22)-m landscape footbridge - Haishi Bridge as the engineering background, the spatial finite element model of the whole bridge is established by using the software Midas Civil to analyze its basic dynamic characteristics. And the effect law of the key structural parameters such as the secondary dead load intensity, the stiffness of structural members, the geometric parameters and the boundary conditions on the dynamic characteristics of span structure is studied. The results indicate that the fundamental frequency of this bridge is 1.53 Hz and the corresponding vibration mode is the first-order positive symmetric arch rib tilting. The first 10-order natural vibration frequency decreases with the increase of the secondary dead load intensity. The effect of the stiffness of the main girder on vibration frequencies of various orders is obviously greater than that of the stiffness of the arch rib. The decrease of the rise-span ratio can remarkably improve the vibration frequency of arch rib tilting and arch rib bending. The effects of the dip angle (10°~30°) of arc rib and the curvature radius (40 m~80 m) of curved beam are limited on each natural frequency of structure. The relevant change rate of frequency is not more than 5%. The first 5-order vibration frequency can be improved remarkably by the bending-torsional coupling constraints between the main girder and the main pier.