Aerodynamic and Aero elastic characteristics of a typical bridge decks

Equipped with wind barriers at windward bridge-deck edge

EXPOSITORES:

Samir BORJA GUZMAN

Juanita PELAEZ POVEDA
Natalia PÉREZ FERNÁNDEZ
Víctor OCAMPO CARO

ING. Aeronáutica Universidad de San Buenaventura

sede Bogotá.
 CONTENT

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Experimental set up
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions

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 ABSTRACT
 The research problem is to determine the sensitivity of the studied
sections of the bridge deck with the barrier compared to the bridge deck
without the barrier

Streamlined Semi-Bluff Bluff

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 ABSTRACT
• It’s intended to show by the wind tunnel study the effects of wind
barriers on the road on the aerodynamic and aeroestatic characteristics of
the bridge decks characterized by many forms of cross section.
• This was done by placing a standard 5m high wind barrier with 30%
porosity at the windward edge.
• The experimental results indicate the most important characteristics such
as: the force coefficient is increased for all bridge sections.

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 INTRODUCTION
 Bridges are sensitive to self-excited oscillations, which occur due to a
complex interaction between the air- flow and the vibrating bridge deck.
That’s why is important to analyze the behavior during the construction
and service
Studies are make in wind tunnels on a small- scale bridge.
Bridges can collapse due to he Flutter, because aerodynamic forces due to
the wind feed the energy into the system during each cycle of oscillation

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 INTRODUCTION
 Usually bridges have a critical flutter velocity grater at he end of the
construction.
This forces due to the wind are counteracted by the mechanical damping
 Road wind barriers are used to protect vehicles from adverse cross wind
effects as vehicles prove to be particularly vulnerable to wind effects
when passing the bridges and viaducts

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 EXPERIMENTAL SET UP
 Wind tunnel and experimental models:
Is necessary to obtain the real bridge scale, in this case 1:100.
The aerodynamic section of the wind tunnel is 1.9 wide, 1.9 length and 1.8 high.

• Even though the prototype bridges have lateral degree of freedom (in the main wind direction) as well,
in the motion-induced vibration studies it is commonly assumed that the predominant modes of
vibration are in the vertical and torsional directions, as the bridges are generally designed to be stiffer in
the lateral (main wind) direction.
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 EXPERIMENTAL SET UP
 AERODYNAMICS FORCES AND MOMENT COEFFICIENT
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
can be used for make predictions about instability at that precise
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

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 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• AERODYNAMIC FORCE AND MOMENT COEFFICIENTS AND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
AERODYNAMIC DRAG AND LIFT FORCE COEFFICIENTS STREAMLINED BRIDGE-DECK SECTION

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCEFORCES
AND ANDMOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
can AERODYNAMIC
be used forDRAGmake
AND LIFTpredictions
FORCE COEFFICIENTS SEMI-BLUFF
about BRIDGE-DECK
instability SECTION
at that precise
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCEFORCES
ANDAND MOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
can beAERODYNAMIC
used forDRAG AND LIFT
make FORCE COEFFICIENTS
predictions aboutBLUFF BRIDGE-DECK
instability at SECTION
that precise
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCE FORCES
ANDANDMOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
AERODYNAMIC
can be usedPITCH for
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
make AND GRADIENT
predictions about OFinstability
LIFT FORCE STREAMLINED BRIDGE-
at that precise
DECK SECTION
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCE FORCESAND AND
MOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
AERODYNAMIC
canAERODYNAMIC
be usedPITCH
DRAG
MOMENT
for AND
makeLIFT
COEFFICIENTS
FORCE COEFFICIENTS
AND GRADIENT
predictions STREAMLINED
about OF LIFT FORCE
BRIDGE-DECK
instability SEMI-BLUFF
SECTION
at that BRIDGE-
precise
DECK SECTION
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

a) Streamlined B1 bridge-deck section b) Semi-bluff B2 bridge-deck section

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCE FORCES
AND
ANDMOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
AERODYNAMIC
can be usedPITCH MOMENT
for makeCOEFFICIENTS
predictionsAND GRADIENT
about OF LIFT FORCE BLUFF
instability BRIDGE-DECK
at that precise
SECTION
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCE FORCES AND AND MOMENTMOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
2DOF SYSTEM
be FLUTTER
canAERODYNAMIC DERIVATIVES
used DRAG
for AND
make HI (I FORCE
LIFT =predictions
1, 2, 3,COEFFICIENTS
4) AI (I = 1,about
2, 3,STREAMLINED
4) FORinstability
STREAMLINED BRIDGE-DECK
BRIDGE-DECK
at that SECTIONS
SECTION
precise
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

a) Streamlined B1 bridge-deck section b) Semi-bluff B2 bridge-deck section

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCE FORCES AND AND MOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
2DOFAERODYNAMIC
can SYSTEM FLUTTERDRAG
be used DERIVATIVES
for AND
make HI (IFORCE
LIFT = 1, 2, COEFFICIENTS
3, 4) Ai (i = 1,
predictions 2, STREAMLINED
about 3, 4) FOR SEMI-BLUFF BRIDGE-DECK
BRIDGE-DECK
instability at that SECTIONS
SECTION
precise
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

a) Streamlined B1 bridge-deck section b) Semi-bluff B2 bridge-deck section

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 RESULTS
EXPERIMENTAL
AND DISCUSSION
SET UP
• AERODYNAMIC
 AERODYNAMICSFORCE FORCES AND AND MOMENT
MOMENT COEFFICIENTS
COEFFICIENTAND GALLOPING
INSTABILITY.
In bridges the aerodynamics forces Lift and Drag are important because
2DOF
can SYSTEM
AERODYNAMIC
be FLUTTER
used forDERIVATIVES
DRAG AND
makeLIFT HI (I = 1,COEFFICIENTS
FORCE 2, 3, 4) Ai (iabout
predictions = 1,STREAMLINED
2, 3, 4)instability
FOR BLUFF BRIDGE-DECK
BRIDGE-DECK SECTIONS
SECTION
at that precise
moment, as it have specific equations for determine it.
For the test the choosen velocity is 12 m/s resulting in a Reynolds number
of approximately 3x10^5.

a) Streamlined B1 bridge-deck section b) Semi-bluff B2 bridge-deck section

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CONCLUSIONS
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THANKS
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