Effects of bridge cable surface roughness and cross-sectional distortion on aerodynamic force coefficients
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
Theoretical and experimental investigations to date have assumed that bridge cables can be modeled as ideal circular cylinders and the associated aerodynamic coefficients are invariant with the wind angle-of-attack. On the other hand, bridge cables are normally characterized by local alterations of their inherent surface roughness and shape, which might present a significant disturbance for the surrounding wind flow. The present study focuses on the experimental determination, based on static wind tunnel tests, of the aerodynamic coefficients of full-scale bridge cable section models both perpendicular and inclined to the flow, for varying wind angles-of-attack. The wind tunnel test results demonstrate that the aerodynamic coefficients of bridge cables can be significantly affected by the wind angle-of-attack.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics |
| Publication date | 2012 |
| Volume | 104-106 |
| Pages | 176-187 |
| ISSN | 0167-6105 |
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| State | Published |
Conference
| Conference | 13th International Conference on Wind Engineering |
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| Number | 13 |
| Country | Netherlands |
| City | Amsterdam |
| Period | 10-07-11 → 15-07-11 |
| Internet address | http://www.icwe13.org/ |
| Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 0 |
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Keywords
- Bridge cable, Surface roughness, Shape distortion, Turbulence, Inclined cable
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