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Aerodynamic stability of iced stay cables on cable-stayed bridge

  • Li, Shouying;Wu, Teng;Huang, Tao;Chen, Zhengqing
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.253-273
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    • 2016
  • Ice accretions on stay cables may result in the instable vibration of galloping, which would affect the safety of cable-stayed bridges. A large number of studies have investigated the galloping vibrations of transmission lines. However, the obtained aerodynamics in transmission lines cannot be directly applied to the stay cables on cable-stayed bridges. In this study, linear and nonlinear single degree-of-freedom models were introduced to obtain the critical galloping wind velocity of iced stay cables where the aerodynamic lift and drag coefficients were identified in the wind tunnel tests. Specifically, six ice shapes were discussed using section models with geometric scale 1:1. The results presented obvious sudden decrease regions of the aerodynamic lift coefficient for all six test models. Numerical analyses of iced stay cables associated to a medium-span cable-stayed bridge were carried out to evaluate the potential galloping instability. The obtained nonlinear critical wind velocity for a 243-meter-long stay cable is much lower than the design wind velocity. The calculated linear critical wind velocity is even lower. In addition, numerical analyses demonstrated that increasing structural damping could effectively mitigate the galloping vibrations of iced stay cables.

The Study on Countermeasures of Electromagnetic Force by Three Phase Short-Circuit Test of Underground Transmission Cable (송전케이블 삼상단락 실증시험을 통한 전자력 대책방안 연구)

  • Kang, Ji-Won;Park, Hung-Sok;Yoon, Jong-Keon;Kim, Yang-Sang;Hong, Dong-Suk;Chang, Woo-Seog
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.58 no.12
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    • pp.2342-2348
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    • 2009
  • Even though underground transmission cable is an essential transmission method to supply stable power for downtown and population center, the interaction of electromagnetic force by fault current is very large comparing to overhead transmission line due to restricted installation space such as tunnel, and close consideration is required for it. This paper presents countermeasures to reduce and release the effect of electromagnetic force with rope binding and installation of spacer and describes its efficacy through three phase short-circuit test, which will be utilized as basic materials for improvement and development of cleat, hanger, etc. to reduce and release effect of electromagnetic force in the future.

A Study on the Optimum Cooling Span of the Underground Power Transmission Cable Equipped by a Forced Cooling System (전력구내 지중케이블 강제냉각에서의 적정냉각구간에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, J.H.;Chung, S.H.;Kim, J.G.;Park, M.H.
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.49-62
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    • 1990
  • The forced cooling system has been widely applied to passing more electric current in the underground power transmission cable technology. In this paper, the optimum cooling span of the in-trough-indirect water cooling method within an electric tunnel was investigated. A parametric study was performed for the cable currents, the coolant flow rates, and the coolant inlet temperatures. As a result, the temperature of the inlet air has been found as the most important parameter in determination of the optimum cooling span.

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Ventilation Analysis According to Jet Fan Location in Curved Long Road Tunnel (제트 팬 위치에 따른 곡선형 장대터널의 환기해석)

  • Byun, Ju-Suk;Kang, Shin-Hyung;Kim, Ji-Sung;Lee, Jin-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Engineering
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.669-678
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    • 2007
  • In this study, the ventilation characteristics is investigated numerically of the longitudinal ventilation method in the curved long road tunnel. Numerical work has been conducted for the jet fan location by utilizing the commercial finite-volume code, FLUENT. Configuration of the tunnel is three-lane, 1600 m long, $120m^2$ in area, 3000 m curvature radius. The velocity profile, distribution of mono-dioxide carbon and flow rate of air are examined in the tunnel. Through the analysis, it is found that the difference of ventilation flow rate Is a little by the jet fan location, but tunnel outlet setup (CASEIII) of jet fans is the most efficient concerned with CO concentration.

Experimental study on the tension of cables and motion of tunnel element for an immersed tunnel element under wind, current and wave

  • Wu, Hao;Rheem, Chang-Kyu;Chen, Wei;Xu, Shuangxi;Wu, Weiguo
    • International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.889-901
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    • 2021
  • The tension of cables and motion response significantly affect safety of an immersed tunnel element in the immersion process. To investigate those, a hydrodynamic scale-model test was carried out and the model experiments was conducted under wind, current and wave loads simultaneously. The immersion standby (the process that the position of the immersed tunnel element should be located before the immersion process) and immersion process conditions have been conducted and illustrated. At the immersion standby conditions, the maximum force of the cables and motion is much larger at the side of incoming wind, wave and current, the maximum force of Element-6 (6 cables directly tie on the element) is larger than for Pontoon-8 (8 cables tie on pontoon of the element), and the flexible connection can reduce the maximum force of the mooring cables and motion of element (i.e. sway is expecting to decrease approximate 40%). The maximum force of the mooring cables increases with the increase of current speed, wave height, and water depth. The motion of immersed tunnel element increases with increase of wave height and water depth, and the current speed had little effect on it. At the immersion process condition, the maximum force of the cables decrease with the increase of immersion depth, and dramatically increase with the increase of wave height (i.e. the tension of cable F4 of pontoons at wave height of 1.5 m (83.3t) is approximately four times that at wave height of 0.8 m). The current speed has no much effect on the maximum force of the cables. The weight has little effect on the maximum force of the mooring cables, and the maximum force of hoisting cables increase with the increase of weight. The maximum value of six-freedom motion amplitude of the immersed tunnel element decreases with the increase of immersion depth, increase with the increase of current speed and wave height (i.e. the roll motion at wave height of 1.5 m is two times that at wave height of 0.8 m). The weight has little effect on the maximum motion amplitude of the immersed tunnel element. The results are significant for the immersion safety of element in engineering practical construction process.

Case Study of Estimate the Response Displacement for the Seismic Design of Shaft Cable Tunnel (수직전력구 내진설계를 위한 응답변위 산정에 대한 사례 조사)

  • Kim, Yong-Min;Jeong, Sang-Seom;Kim, Young-Ho;Kwon, Young-Ki
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2009.03a
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    • pp.634-639
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    • 2009
  • The response displacement method is the most frequently used method for the seismic design of underground structures. Underground structures under seismic loading will tend to deform with the surrounding ground, and thus the structure is designed to accommodate the free-field deformation without loss of its structural integrity. This method is pseudo-static method, and response displacement of surrounding ground are most important steps. In this study, the single cosine method and the equivalent linear analysis are applied to estimate the response displacement of the real sites, and the results of the each method are compared. Response analysis was also performed with respect to bedrock depth. As a results, Equivalent linear analysis result was larger than single cosine method. And, the relative displacement becomes lager according to depth of the bedrock.

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Experimental and numerical studies on VIV characteristics of π-shaped composite deck of a cable-stayed bridge with 650 m main span

  • Wei Lei;Qi Wang;Haili Liao;Chengkai Shao
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.93-107
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    • 2024
  • A π-shaped composite deck in the form of an open section is a type of blunt body that is highly susceptible to wind loads. To investigate its vortex-induced vibration (VIV) performance, a large-scale (1/20) section model of a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 650 m was tested in a wind tunnel. The vibration suppression mechanism of the countermeasures was analyzed using computational fluid dynamic. Experimental results demonstrate that the vertical and torsional VIVs of the original section can be suppressed by combining guide plates with a tilt angle of 35° and bottom central stabilizing plates as aerodynamic countermeasures. Numerical results indicate that the large-scale vortex under the deck separates into smaller vortices, resulting in the disappearance of the von Kármán vortex street in the wake zone because the countermeasures effectively suppress the VIVs. Furthermore, a full-bridge aeroelastic model with a scale of 1/100 was constructed and tested to evaluate the wind resistance performance and validate the effectiveness of the proposed countermeasures.

A study on response analysis of submerged floating tunnel with linear and nonlinear cables

  • Yarramsetty, Poorna Chandra Rao;Domala, Vamshikrishna;Poluraju, P.;Sharma, R.
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.219-240
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    • 2019
  • This paper presents the comparison between SFT response with linear and nonlinear cables. The dynamic response analysis of submerged floating tunnel (SFT) is presented computationally with linear and nonlinear tension legs cables. The analysis is performed computationally for two wave directions one at 90 degrees (perpendicular) to tunnel and other at 45 degrees to the tunnel. The tension legs or cables are assumed as linear and non- linear and the analysis is also performed by assuming one tension leg or cable is failed. The Response Amplitude Operators (RAO's) are computed for first order waves, second order waves for both failure and non-failure case of cables. For first order waves- the SFT response is higher for sway and heave degree of freedom with nonlinear cables as compared with linear cables. For second order waves the SFT response in sway degree of freedom is bit higher response with linear cables as compared with nonlinear cables and the SFT in heave degree of freedom has higher response at low time periods with nonlinear cables as compared with linear cables. For irregular waves the power spectral densities (PSD's) has been computed for sway and heave degrees of freedom, at $45^0$ wave direction PSD's are higher with linear cables as compared with nonlinear cables and at $90^0$ wave direction the PSD's are higher with non-linear cables. The mooring force responses are also computed in y and z directions for linear and nonlinear cables.