Identification of Aerodynamic Derivatives of a Box-Girder Bridge Deck with Twin Active Flaps Using CFD Simulations
Publication: Journal of Bridge Engineering
Volume 27, Issue 3
Abstract
A practical identification method based on single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) forced vibration was proposed and its application to obtain 16 aerodynamic derivatives of a box-girder bridge deck with twin active flaps (termed as the deck–flap system) was discussed in detail. Two-dimensional numerical simulations based on the unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) approach with the shear stress transfer (SST) k–ω turbulence model were conducted to investigate transient motion-induced aerodynamic forces, which were further calculated by the present method to acquire aerodynamic derivatives of the deck–flap system. Moreover, cases of a separate bridge deck and a plate–flap system were taken as examples, and the corresponding results were in good agreement with experimental data and theoretical values, respectively, demonstrating the reliability and accuracy of the proposed identification method. Based on the effects of vibration amplitude and phase angle, the application scope of the present method was discussed to verify its usage in physical wind tunnel experiments.
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Acknowledgments
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51378442 and 52078437) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB036301).
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Received: Apr 29, 2021
Accepted: Nov 10, 2021
Published online: Jan 11, 2022
Published in print: Mar 1, 2022
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