Aerodynamic study of a suspension bridge deck by CFD simulations, wind tunnel tests and full-scale observations

I. Kusano, E. Cheynet, J. B. Jakobsen, J. Snæbjörnsson

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Assessing the aerodynamic characteristics of long-span bridges is fundamental for their design. Depending on the terrain complexity and local wind conditions, episodes of large angles of attack (AoA) of 15° may be observed. However, such large AoAs ( above 10°) are often overlooked in the design process. This paper studies the aerodynamics properties of a flow around a single-box girder for a wide range of AoAs, from –20° to 20°, using numerical simulations. The simulations are based on a 2D unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) approach using the k − ω SST turbulence model with a Reynolds number of 1.6 × 105. Numerically obtained aerodynamic static coefficients were compared to wind tunnel test data. The CFD results were generally in good agreement with the wind tunnel tests, especially for small AoAs and positive AoAs. More discrepancies were observed for large negative AoA, likely due to the limitation of modelling 3D railings with 2D simulations. The simulated velocity deficit downstream of the deck was consistent with the one measured in full-scale using short-range Doppler wind lidar instruments. Finally, the Strouhal number from the CFD simulations were in agreement with the value obtained from the full-scale data.
Idioma originalCastellà
RevistaIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volum1201
Número1
DOIs
Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 2021
EsdevenimentConference of Computational Methods & Ocean Technology and Conference of Oil & Gas Technologies in Cold Climate - Moscow
Durada: 25 de nov. 202126 de nov. 2021
Número del congrés: 3rd

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