Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/sem.2022.82.4.517

Numerical investigations on the effect of mean incident wind on flutter onset of bridge deck sections  

Keerthana, M. (Wind Engineering Laboratory, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus)
Harikrishna, P. (Wind Engineering Laboratory, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR Campus)
Publication Information
Structural Engineering and Mechanics / v.82, no.4, 2022 , pp. 517-542 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effect of mean angle of wind attack on the flutter critical wind speed of two generic bridge deck cross-sections, viz, one closed box type streamlined section (deck-1) and closed box trapezoidal bluff type section with extended flanges/overhangs (deck-2) type of section have been studied using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based forced vibration simulation method. Owing to the importance of the effect of the amplitude of forcing oscillation on the flutter onset, its effect on the flutter derivatives and flutter onset have been studied, especially at non-zero mean angles of wind attack. The flutter derivatives obtained have been used to evaluate flutter critical wind speeds and flutter index of the deck sections at non-zero mean angles of wind attack studied and the same have been validated with those based on experimental results reported in literature. The value of amplitude of forcing oscillation in torsional degree of freedom for CFD based simulations is suggested to be in the range of 0.5° to 2°, especially for bluff bridge deck sections. Early onset of flutter from numerical simulations, thereby conservative estimate of occurrence of instability has been observed from numerical simulations in case of bluff bridge deck section. The study aids in gaining confidence and the extent of applicability of CFD during early stages of bridge design, especially towards carrying out studies on mean incident wind effects.
Keywords
angle of wind attack; bridge deck section; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); flutter critical wind speed; flutter derivatives; forced oscillation; reduced velocity; turbulence model;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 2  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Scanlan, R.H. (1997), "Some observations on the state of bluff-body aeroelasticity", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 69-71, 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6105(97)00148-7.   DOI
2 Schlichting, H. (1979), Bounday Layer Theory, Seventh Edition, McGraw Hill.
3 Tang, H., Li, Y., Chen, X., Shum, K.M. and Liao, H. (2017), "Flutter performance of central-slotted plate at large angles of attack", Wind Struct., 24(5), 447-464. https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2017.24.5.447.   DOI
4 Chen, X. and Kareem, A. (2006), "Revisiting multimode coupled bridge flutter: Some new insights", J. Eng Mech., 132(10), 1115-1123. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2006)132.   DOI
5 Chen, Z.Q., Yu, X.D., Yang, G. and Spencer, B.F. (2005), "Wind-induced self-excited loads on bridges", J. Struct. Eng., 131(12), 1783-1793. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(2005)131:12(1783).   DOI
6 Dyrbye, C. and Hjorth-Hansen, E. (1997), Wind Loads on Structures, 1st Edition, Wiley, New York.
7 Fluent Inc. (2006), FLUENT User's Guide, September.
8 Glumac, A.S., Hoffer, R. and Brcic, S. (2017), "Identification of flutter derivatives by forced vibration tests", J. Croatian Assoc. Civil Eng., 69(4), 267-280. https://doi.org/10.14256/jce.1504.2015.   DOI
9 Hirsch, C., Tartinville, B., Roosevelt, F. and Navier-stokes, B.R. (2009), "Reynolds-averaged navier-stokes modelling for industrial applications and some challenging issues", Int. J. Comput. Fluid Dyn., 23(4), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618560902773379.   DOI
10 Huang, L., Liao, H., Wang, B. and Li, Y. (2009), "Numerical simulation for aerodynamic derivatives of bridge deck", Simul. Model. Pract. Theory, 17, 719-729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2008.12.004.   DOI
11 Jurado, J.A., Hernandez, S., Nieto, F. and Mosquera, A. (2011), Bridge Aeroelasticity. Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Design, WIT Press, Southampton, Boston.
12 Tao, T., Wang, H. and Gao, Y. (2020), "Parametric analysis on flutter performance of a long-span quadruple-tower suspension bridge", Struct., 28, 1108-1118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2020.09.058.   DOI
13 Xu, F.Y., Ying, X.Y. and Zhang, Z. (2014), "Three-degree-of-freedom coupled numerical technique for extracting 18 aerodynamic derivatives of bridge decks", J. Struct. Eng., 140(11), 04014085. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001009.   DOI
14 Keerthana, M. and Harikrishna, P. (2013), "Application of CFD for assessment of galloping stability of rectangular and H-sections", J. Scientif. Indus. Res., 72(7), 419-427.
15 Keerthana, M. and Harikrishna, P. (2017), "Wind tunnel investigations on aerodynamics of a 2:1 rectangular section for various angles of wind incidence", Wind Struct., 25(3), 301-328. https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2017.25.3.301.   DOI
16 Kavrakov, I. and Morgenthal, G. (2018), "A synergistic study of a CFD and semi-analytical models for aeroelastic analysis of bridges in turbulent wind conditions", J. Fluid. Struct., 82, 59-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2018.06.013.   DOI
17 Xu, F. and Zhang, Z. (2017), "Free vibration numerical simulation technique for extracting flutter derivatives of bridge decks", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 170, 226-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2017.08.018.   DOI
18 Mannini, C. and Bartoli, G. (2008), "Investigation on the dependence of bridge deck flutter derivatives on steady angle of attack", Proceedings of the BBAAVI Int. Colloquium on Bluff Bodies Aerodynamics and Applications, Milano, Italy.
19 Ying, X., Xu, F., Zhang, M. and Zhang, Z. (2017), "Numerical explorations of the limit cycle flutter characteristics of a bridge deck", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 169, 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2017.06.020.   DOI
20 Tao, T., Wang, H. and Wu, T. (2018), "Parametric study on buffeting performance of a long-span triple-tower suspension bridge", Struct. Infrastr. Eng., 14(3), 381-399. https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2017.1354034.   DOI
21 Vairo, G. (2003), "A numerical model for wind loads simulation on long-span bridges", Simul. Model. Pract. Theory, 11, 315-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1569-190X(03)00053-4.   DOI
22 Ma, T.T., Zhao, L., Shen, X.M. and Ge, Y.J. (2021), "Case study of three-dimensional aeroelastic effect on critical flutter wind speed of long-span bridges", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 212, 104614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2021.104614.   DOI
23 Larsen, A. (1993), "Aerodynamics aspects of the final design of the 1624 m suspension bridge across the great belt", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 48(2-3), 261-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6105(93)90141-A.   DOI
24 Larsen, A. and Walther, J.H. (1998), "Discrete vortex simulation of flow around five generic bridge deck sections", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 77-78, 591-602. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00175-5.   DOI
25 Liu, S., Zhao, L., Fang, G., Hu, C. and Ge, Y. (2022), "Nonlinear aerodynamic characteristics and modeling of a quasi-flat plate at torsional vibration: effects of angle of attack and vibration amplitude", Nonlin. Dyn., 107, 2027-2051. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-021-07082-y.   DOI
26 Hassan, M., Gerber, A. and Omar, H. (2010), "Numerical estimation of fluidelastic instability in tube arrays", J. Press. Ves. Technol., 132, 041307-11. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4002112.   DOI
27 Wu, B., Wang, Q., Liao, H., Li, Y. and Li, M. (2020), "Flutter derivatives of a flat plate section and analysis of flutter instability at various wind angles of attack", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 196, 104046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.104046.   DOI
28 Yamada, H. and Miyata, T. (1988), "Motion of the separation bubble and heaving responses of vortex induced oscillation of bridge decks", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 29, 361-370. https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-6105(88)90174-2.   DOI
29 Yang, Y., Zhou, R., Ge, Y., Mohotti, D. and Mendis, P. (2015), "Aerodynamic instability performance of twin box girders for long-span bridges", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 145, 196-208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2015.06.014.   DOI
30 Ge, Y. (2016), "Aerodynamic challenge and limitation in long-span cable-supported bridges", The 2016 World Congress on Advances in Civil, Environmental and Materials Research, Keynote Lecture.
31 Chen, Z.S., Zhang, C., Wang, X. and Ma, C.M. (2017), "Wind tunnel measurements for flutter of a long-afterbody bridge deck", Sensor., 17(2), 335. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17020335.   DOI
32 Fung, Y. (1993), An Introduction to the Theory of Aeroelasticity, Dover Publication, New York.
33 Blevins, R.D. (2001), Flow-Induced Vibration, Second Edition, Krieger Publising Company, Florida.
34 Chen, X. and Kareem, A. (2001), "Nonlinear response analysis of long-span bridges under turbulent winds", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 89, 1335-1350. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6105(01)00147-7.   DOI
35 Kimura, I. and Hosoda, T. (2003), "A non-linear k-ε model with realizability for prediction of flows around bluff bodies", Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluid., 42, 813-837. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.540.   DOI
36 Mannini, C. (2015), "Applicability of URANS and DES simulations of flow past rectangular cylinders and bridge sections", Comput., 3, 479-508. https://doi.org/10.3390/computation3030479.   DOI
37 Patruno, L. (2015), "Accuracy of numerically evaluated flutter derivatives of bridge deck sections using RANS: Effects on the flutter onset velocity", Eng. Struct., 89, 49-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2015.01.034.   DOI
38 Le Maitre, O.P., Scanlan, R.H. and Knio, O.M. (2003), "Estimation of the flutter derivatives of an NACA airfoil by means of Navier-Stokes simulation", J. Fluid. Struct., 17, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0889-9746(02)00111-1.   DOI
39 Jones, R., T. (1940), "The unsteady lift of a wing of finite aspect ratio", Nasa Report. https://doi.org/.1037//0033-2909.I26.1.78.
40 Keerthana, M. (2019), "Experimental and numerical investigations on wind induced instabilities of bridge deck sections", Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research.
41 Russell, D.M. (1997), "Error measures for comparing transient data: part II: error measures case study", 68th Shock and Vibration Symposium, 175-198.
42 Bai, Y., Sun, D., Lin, J., Kennedy, D. and Williams, F. (2012), "Numerical aerodynamic simulations of a NACA airfoil using CFD with block-iterative coupling and turbulence modelling", Int. J. Comput. Fluid Dyn., 26(2), 119-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618562.2011.646997.   DOI
43 Mannini, C., Sbragi, G. and Schewe, G. (2016), "Analysis of self-excited forces for a box-girder bridge deck through unsteady RANS simulations", J. Fluid. Struct., 63, 57-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2016.02.007.   DOI
44 Muddada, S. and Patnaik, B.S.V. (2010), "An assessment of turbulence models for the prediction of flow past a circular cylinder with momentum injection", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 98, 575-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2010.05.001.   DOI
45 Scanlan, R.H. and Tomko, J.J. (1971), "Airfoil and bridge deck flutter derivatives", J. Eng. Mech., 97(6), 1717-1737. https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEA3.0001526.   DOI
46 Sarkic, A., Fisch, R., Hoffer, R. and Bletzinger, K.U. (2012), "Bridge flutter derivatives based on computed, validated pressure fields", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 104-106, 141-151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2012.02.033.   DOI
47 Menter, F.R. (2009), "Review of the shear-stress transport turbulence model experience from an industrial perspective", Int. J. Comput. Fluid Dyn., 23(4), 305-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618560902773387.   DOI
48 Menter, F.R. (2011), "Turbulence modeling for engineering flows", A Technical Paper from ANSYS, Inc, 1-25.
49 Noda, H. and Nakayama, A. (2003), "Reproducibility of flow past two-dimensional rectangular cylinders in a homogeneous turbulent flow by LES", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 91, 265-278. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-6105(02)00350-1.   DOI
50 Mannini, C. (2006), "Flutter vulnerability assessment of flexible bridges", Department of Civil Engineering, University of Florence, Italy.
51 Casalotti, A., Arena, A. and Lacarbonara, W. (2014), "Mitigation of post-flutter oscillations in suspension bridges by hysteretic tuned mass dampers", Eng. Struct., 69, 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.03.001.   DOI
52 Bai, Y., Sun, D. and Lin, J. (2010), "Three dimensional numerical simulations of long-span bridge aerodynamics, using block-iterative coupling and DES", Comput. Fluid., 39, 1549-1561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2010.05.005.   DOI
53 Brusiani, F., De Miranda, S., Patruno, L., Ubertini, F. and Vaona, P. (2013), "On the evaluation of bridge deck flutter derivatives using RANS turbulence models", J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 119, 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2013.05.002.   DOI