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Wind Engineering for Bridge Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects
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Wind Engineering for Bridge Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects

A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Civil Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2022) | Viewed by 2583

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Dr. Felix Nieto

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School of Civil Engineering - Centre for Technological Innovations in Construction and Civil Engineering (CITEEC), University of A Coruña UDC, 15001 Galicia, Spain
Interests: wind engineering; bridge engineering; CFD modeling; aerodynamics; aeroelasticity; optimum design; energy harvesting
Dr. John Owen

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Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Interests: wind engineering; wind structure interaction; long span bridges; monitoring; resilience
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Prof. Dr. Ole Andre Øiseth

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Department of Structural Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 1, 7491 Trondheim, Norway
Interests: wind engineering; marine engineering; bridge engineering; operational modal analysis and system identification; finite element model updating; structural monitoring

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Bridges have shaped the transport networks in human society for centuries. These structures are prone to natural hazards, and safety against wind action is a key design requirement in modern bridges, especially as the span and flexibility of the structure increase.

Wind engineering practice and research in bridge structures require a multidisciplinary approach at different stages, encompassing all, or a subset of the following: onsite wind characterization, wind tunnel testing, wind actions modeling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, non-heuristic design methods, and structural monitoring. The improved understanding of bridge performance under wind action enables the construction of cable-supported bridges reaching almost 2 km of main span, or the design of long-span floating bridges, just to mention a couple of examples.

This Special Issue welcomes submissions addressing cutting-edge practical applications, feasibility studies, and research in the above topics. The overall goal is to outline future trends in wind engineering applications in bridge design.

Dr. Felix Nieto
Dr. John Owen
Prof. Dr. Ole Andre Øiseth
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Keywords

  • bridge aerodynamics and aeroelasticity
  • wind tunnel testing
  • CFD modeling
  • structural monitoring
  • wind loading

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Influence of Wind Barriers with Different Curvatures on Crosswind Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Train-Bridge System
by Ping Lou, Wei Tao, Chenzhi Cai, Xuhui He, Yunfeng Zou and Yuyan Ai
Appl. Sci. 2022, 12(3), 1747; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app12031747 - 08 Feb 2022
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Wind barriers can effectively reduce the risk of overturning and derailment of high-speed trains running on a bridge under crosswind. However, it can adversely affect the wind resistance of the bridge. There are few studies on the aerodynamic performance of curved wind barriers. [...] Read more.
Wind barriers can effectively reduce the risk of overturning and derailment of high-speed trains running on a bridge under crosswind. However, it can adversely affect the wind resistance of the bridge. There are few studies on the aerodynamic performance of curved wind barriers. In this paper, the effects of curved wind barriers with four curvatures (0, 0.2, 0.35, and 0.50) and different train-bridge combinations on the crosswind aerodynamic characteristics of a train-bridge system are investigated. The results show that the curved wind barrier can significantly reduce the wind speed below a certain height on the bridge deck. The curved wind barrier with small curvature can better reduce the aerodynamic force of the train; however, it greatly increases the aerodynamic force of the bridge. A wind barrier with a curvature of 0.35 is recommended because it takes into account the aerodynamic characteristics of the train and bridge at the same time. The porosity of a wind barrier greatly influences the aerodynamic performance of the train on the track of the windward side of the bridge, while the wind barrier has little effects on the train on the track of the leeward side of the bridge. The aerodynamic performance of the train on the track of the windward side of the bridge is less affected by whether or not a train on the track of the leeward side of the bridge is present. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wind Engineering for Bridge Structures: Latest Advances and Prospects)
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