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Numerical study on Reynolds number effects on the aerodynamic characteristics of a twin-box girder

  • Laima, Shujin (Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation for Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information, Harbin Institute of Technology) ;
  • Wu, Buchen (School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology) ;
  • Jiang, Chao (School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology) ;
  • Chen, Wenli (Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation for Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information, Harbin Institute of Technology) ;
  • Li, Hui (Key Lab of Smart Prevention and Mitigation for Civil Engineering Disasters of the Ministry of Industry and Information, Harbin Institute of Technology)
  • Received : 2018.03.19
  • Accepted : 2018.08.17
  • Published : 2019.05.25
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Abstract

For super long-span bridges, the aerodynamic forces induced by the flow passing the box girder should be considered carefully. And the Reynolds number sensitively of aerodynamic characteristics is one of considerable issue. In the study, a numerical study on the Reynolds number sensitivity of aerodynamic characteristic (flow pattern, pressure distribution and aerodynamic forces) of a twin-box girder were carried out using large eddy simulation (LES) with the dynamic Smagorinsky-Lilly subgrid model. The results show that the aerodynamic characteristics have strong correlation with the Reynolds number. At the leading edge, the flow experiences attachment, departure, and reattachment stages accompanying by the laminar transition into turbulence, causing pressure plateaus to form on the surface, and the pressure plateaus gradually shrinks. Around the gap, attributing that the flow experiences stages of laminar cavity flow, the wake with alternate shedding vortices, and turbulent cavity flow in sequence with an increase in the Reynolds number, the pressures around the gap vary greatly with the Reynold number. At the trailing edge, the pressure gradually recovers as the flow transits to turbulence (the flow undergoes wake instability, shear layer transition-reattachment station), In addition, at relative high Reynolds numbers, the drag force almost does not change, however, the lift force coefficient gradually decreases with an increase in Reynolds number.

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Supported by : NSFC, China Postdoctoral Science Foundations

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