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Wind characteristics in the high-altitude difference at bridge site by wind tunnel tests

  • Zhang, Mingjin (Department of Bridge Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University) ;
  • Zhang, Jinxiang (Department of Bridge Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University) ;
  • Li, Yongle (Department of Bridge Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University) ;
  • Yu, Jisheng (Department of Bridge Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University) ;
  • Zhang, Jingyu (Department of Bridge Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University) ;
  • Wu, Lianhuo (Department of Bridge Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University)
  • Received : 2019.09.05
  • Accepted : 2020.03.09
  • Published : 2020.06.25
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Abstract

With the development of economy and construction technology, more and more bridges are built in complex mountainous areas. Accurate assessment of wind parameters is important in bridge construction at complex terrain. In order to investigate the wind characteristics in the high-altitude difference area, a complex mountain terrain model with the scale of 1:2000 was built. By using the method of wind tunnel tests, the study of wind characteristics including mean wind characteristics and turbulence characteristics was carried out. The results show: The wind direction is affected significant by the topography, the dominant wind direction is usually parallel to the river. Due to the sheltering effect of the mountain near the bridge, the wind speed and wind attack angle along the bridge are both uneven which is different from that at flat terrain. In addition, different from flat terrain, the wind attack angle is mostly negative. The wind profiles obey exponential law and logarithmic law. And the fitting coefficient is consistent with the code which means that it is feasible to use the method of wind tunnel test to simulate complex terrain. As for turbulence characteristics, the turbulence intensity is also related to the topography. Increases sheltering effect of mountain increases the degree of breaking up the large-scale vortices, thereby increasing the turbulence intensity. Also, the value of turbulence intensity ratio is different from the recommended values in the code. The conclusions of this study can provide basis for further wind resistance design of the bridge.

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Acknowledgement

The work described in this paper was fully supported by a grant from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018YFC1507800), grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (nos. 51525804, 51708464), a grant from Primary Research & Development Plan of Sichuan Province (2019YFG0001), a grant from the Hunan Provincial Transportation Science and Technology Project (No. 201615), and a grant from the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2682019CX02).

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