Numerical Fluid Flow Analysis for Aerodynamic Response Characteristics of Tandem Circular Cylinders |
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| Authors: | H HIRANO A MARUOKA M IKENOUCHI |
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| Institution: | 1. Faculty of Policy Studies. Chuo University , 742-1, Higashi-Nakano, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192-03, Japan;2. Department of Civil Engineering , Chuo University , 1-13-27. Kasuga, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo, 112, Japan;3. Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd , 1-1-50 Tsutsuzigaoka akishima-shi, Tokyo, 196, Japan |
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| Abstract: | The aerodynamic characteristics of tandem cables of cable-stayed bridges have become an increasingly serious problem with increments in span length. In order to reduce the construction cost and maintenance of cables, tandem cables have been adopted for cable-stayed bridges. These cables, however, have aerodynamic response characteristics such as wake-galloping. Therefore, a method to suppress wake-galloping in tandem cables is required. The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics of the wake-galloping phenomenon of tandem cables of cable-stayed bridges using numerical fluid flow analysis. The flow around the oscillating tandem circular cylinders modeled on tandem cables is calculated. The flow field is treated as an incompressible viscous flow. The Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian (ALE) method is employed to solve the flow field around the cylinders, and the three-step Taylor-Galerkin method, which is based on a fractional step finite element method, is adopted for discretization. |
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| Keywords: | Aerodynamic response wake-galloping ALE finite element method tandem circular cylinders cable-stayed bridge |
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