变化外形的水线对斜拉索风雨激振的激发作用

讨论变化外形的水线对斜拉桥拉索风雨激振的激发作用.首先,建立考虑水线外形变化的斜拉桥拉索风雨激振计算模型,并将由采用变化水线外形的模型得到的拉索最大振幅与固定水线外形模型的计算结果及试验实测结果对比,对模型进行验证;在模型得到验证的基础上,进一步讨论拉索和变化水线外形的水线振动稳定性及水线对拉索风雨激振贡献.计算结果表明,在四个典型工况下,考虑水线外形变化的模型得到的拉索计算振幅固定水线外形模型能更好地与试验实测振幅吻合;理论分析发现拉索速度和水线速度的耦合作用对水线运动的激发起到主导作用;水线的加速发散发生在拉索大幅激振之前.没有水线加速发散的时程中,拉索均不发生大幅激振.     

斜拉桥拉索的风（雨）激振及控制

目前，国内建造了大量的斜拉桥。随着斜拉桥跨度的增大，拉索的风致振动及风雨激振问题越来越突出。本文总结了国际上的有关研究，特别是拉索风雨激振及控制研究的成果，提出了这一领域中有重要意义的研究方向。     

考虑非稳态风荷载斜拉索风雨激振响应分析

为研究自然风荷载对斜拉桥拉索风雨激振的影响,将数值模拟的非稳态风荷载作用到拉索振动微分方程中,对拉索振动响应进行了详细分析。首先,针对水线初始位置,使用最小二乘法拟合得到水线初始位置方程;接着,采用四阶Runge-Kutta法求解拉索振动响应。通过比较在非稳态风和稳态平均风作用下的拉索响应,发现在非稳态风荷载下拉索最大振幅的变化趋势并没有发生较大改变,皆是随着风速的增大先增大后减小;但拉索的整个振动过程发生了变化,伴随着节拍改变,其最大振幅也出现在不同振动周期内。此外,从风速-振幅曲线知,对频率为1 Hz,2 Hz和3 Hz的拉索,在一定风速范围内,考虑非稳态风荷载的拉索振幅反而更大,而且此时的风速范围也更大。     

考虑非稳态风荷载斜拉索风雨激振响应分析

为研究自然风荷载对斜拉桥拉索风雨激振的影响,将数值模拟的非稳态风荷载作用到拉索振动微分方程中,对拉索振动响应进行了详细分析。首先,针对水线初始位置,使用最小二乘法拟合得到水线初始位置方程;接着,采用四阶Runge-Kutta法求解拉索振动响应。通过比较在非稳态风和稳态平均风作用下的拉索响应,发现在非稳态风荷载下拉索最大振幅的变化趋势并没有发生较大改变,皆是随着风速的增大先增大后减小;但拉索的整个振动过程发生了变化,伴随着节拍改变,其最大振幅也出现在不同振动周期内。此外,从风速-振幅曲线知,对频率为1Hz,2Hz和3Hz的拉索,在一定风速范围内,考虑非稳态风荷载的拉索振幅反而更大,而且此时的风速范围也更大。     

微细三角柱流固耦合动态特性的三维数值研究

在三维双向流固耦合计算基础上使用动网格方法,通过求解不可压缩粘性流体的N-S方程,数值研究了低速流速下(2.5m/s~15m/s)气体绕流微细三角钝体的耦合动态特性及涡激振动特性,得到了运动微细三角柱的升力系数、涡脱频率和振动振幅。观测到了微细三角柱的"锁振"和"拍"现象。接着计算了相同流场条件下的相同尺寸二维三角柱双向流固耦合涡激振动,并将结果与文献及本文中三维模型进行对比发现,三维模型的升力系数的平均幅值、涡脱频率和斯特劳哈尔数较之本文及文献中的二维数值模型较小。     

斜拉索模态试验参数研究

试验模态分析是斜拉桥索力测试中广泛应用的方法。该方法的关键之一是采取合理的试验方案获取可靠的响应信号以识别出正确的索振动频率。本文通过试验,详细讨论了斜拉索模态测试中若干试验参数,如激振类型、激振位置、传感器位置以及频率分辨率对试验结果的影响;比较环境激励与锤击激励的效果,验证了环境激励的方法也可以准确识别索的频率;最后给出了较为合理的斜拉索模态试验方案,用该方案确定的索力与理论计算结果相差不超过 1. 5%。     

液体三维晃动特征问题的有限元数值计算方法

本文采用有限元方法数值求解任意刚性容器内液体三维晃动的固有频率和模态。通过建立液体晃动特征问题的泛函极值原理，编制了四面体等参单元有限元程序，计算了平放圆柱腔内三维液体晃动的特征频率，并将矩形容器、球腔、带“十”字隔板球形容器内的液体三维晃动计算结果与解析解、实验结果和二维有限元数值解进行了比较，程序的正确性得到了验证。     

层合板三维—二维混合分区有限元法研究

本文提出了一种三维－二维混合分区有限元方法分析复合材料层合结构。构造了三维－二维过渡元素和三维的十七节点复合元素。本方法在大大地减少了自由度，缩短了计算时间。算例表明，计算结果令人满意。本方法是可靠的并同样适用于其它结构。     

大跨悬索桥三维非平稳耦合抖振分析

基于Priestley(1967)演变功率谱模型，并采用Lin和Yang(1983)的建议，建立了脉动风速的非平稳功率谱模型。依据此模型，采用三维有限元法，建立了大跨桥梁非平稳耦合抖振运动方程。然后，将虚拟激励法和精细时程积分法相结合，建立了求解桥梁三维非平稳耦合抖振运动方程的快速算法。以某大跨悬索桥为例，分析了该桥的非平稳耦合抖振响应，并与平稳耦合抖振响应进行了比较。计算结果表明：随着脉动风速平稳部分持时的增大，非平稳抖振分析结果逐渐收敛于平稳抖振分析结果；但若脉动风速的平稳部分持时较短，非平稳抖振分析结果将低于平稳抖振分析结果。     

三维滑坡推力计算方法探讨

常规二维滑坡推力计算没有考虑其横向变化,导致设计过于保守,三维推力计算方法的提出则能体现滑坡推力的空间分布,解决二维存在的问题。本文在三维极限平衡法统一模型的基础上,建立了求解三维滑坡推力的统一公式。利用实例,通过二维推力计算与三维计算结果的对比分析,获得三维推力的横向分布函数,有效反映出三维滑坡推力的空间分布状态,所得三维滑坡推力应用于设计更合理。     

Aerodynamic characteristics of an inclined and yawed circular cylinder with artificial rivulet

Stay cables of cable-stayed bridges often experience vibrations with large amplitudes induced by wind or jointly by both wind and rain. To understand the aerodynamic characteristics of the stay cables and excitation mechanics of rain–wind-induced vibration (RWIV), an inclined and yawed circular cylinder with and without an artificial upper rivulet is studied through a series of wind tunnel tests. The impacts of upper rivulet and axial flow on the aerodynamics of the cylinder are investigated. It is found that for an inclined and yawed cylinder without rivulet there exists a non-zero lift force at large wind angle. Furthermore, the wind pressures and aerodynamic forces acting on both the cylinder and the upper rivulet are obtained, which can be used to develop more rational theoretical models for RWIV of stay cables. Results show that the upper rivulet can both enhance and depress Karman vortex shedding depending on the position of the rivulet. As a result, dramatic variations of the aerodynamic forces acting on the cylinder and the rivulet will occur, which may eventually result in RWIV. Also axial flow may have a noticeable influence on the aerodynamic characteristics of the inclined and yawed cylinder. And the presence of the rivulet can enhance such influence from the axial flow.     

Three-phase coupled modelling research on rain–wind induced vibration of stay cable based on lubrication theory

Cables of cable-stayed bridges may vibrate with large amplitude under wind and rain, which is known as rain–wind induced vibration (RWIV). According to the pervious researches, the formations and oscillations of rivulets on stay cable surface play important roles in RWIV. In this paper, four different 2D models are presented based on lubrication theory, and the best way of simulating RWIV through lubrication theory is confirmed by the comparisons of rivulet motions and cable vibration responses between these four models and pervious researches. On this basis, the relations among rivulet motions, cable aerodynamic forces and vibration responses are investigated to reveal the mechanism of RWIV. Numerical simulation results show that when RWIV occurs, the periodic oscillations of rivulets around cable lead to the periodic fluctuations of cable lift and drag, whose frequencies are almost equal and close to cable natural frequency. Under the periodically fluctuant lift and drag, cable vibrates with large amplitude in across-wind and along-wind directions, which may further enhance the circumferential oscillations of rivulets conversely. These confirm the conclusion that the resonance between rivulets and cable oscillation may be one of the main reasons for RWIV.     

Numerical simulation and analysis of the effects of water-film morphological changes on the aerodynamic lift of stay cables

The cables in cable-stayed bridges can vibrate at large amplitudes during rain and windy conditions, a phenomenon known as rain-wind induced vibration (RWIV). Previous studies have demonstrated that the formation and oscillation of rivulets on stay cable surfaces play an important role in RWIV.This paper presents a new numerical method for simulating the evolution of rivulets on stay cable surfaces based on a combination of the gas–liquid two-phase theory and the volume of fluid method (VOF method), which allows for the straightforward determination of the cables’ aerodynamic lift when RWIV occurs. To verify the accuracy of this method and analyze the effects of wind velocity on the water film and the aerodynamic lift around the cable, three cases with different loadings were investigated using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software CFX. To verify the method’s accuracy, the aerodynamic lifts calculated from these cases were applied to the cable to obtain its vibrational response. In accordance with the experimental results, the numerical results demonstrated that an upper rivulet with a periodic oscillation was formed at a specific wind speed, causing the aerodynamic lift to change with a similar periodicity. The aerodynamic lift’s frequency was approximately the cable’s natural frequency, and induced large vibrations in the cable. No obvious upper rivulets were formed at sufficiently low wind speeds. The frequency of an aerodynamic lift that was significantly larger than the cable’s natural frequency induced small vibrations in the cable. When the wind speed was sufficiently high, despite the eventual formation of a continuous upper rivulet, the frequencies of the upper rivulet’s oscillation and the aerodynamic lift remained distinct from the natural frequency, and the cable continued to exhibit small-amplitude vibrations. These observations confirmed the conclusion that periodic variations in the water film morphology could lead to periodic changes in the aerodynamic lift that would induce RWIV.     

Rain-wind-induced vibrations of a simple oscillator

In this paper a relatively simple mechanical oscillator which may be used to study rain-wind-induced vibrations of stay cables of cable-stayed bridges is considered. In recent publications, mention is made of vibrations of (inclined) stay cables which are excited by a wind field containing rain drops. The rain drops that hit the cables generate a rivulet on the surface of the cable. The presence of flowing water on the cable changes the cross section of the cable experienced by the wind field. A symmetric flow pattern around the cable with circular cross section may become asymmetric due to the presence of the rivulet and may consequently induce a lift force as a mechanism for vibration. During the motion of the cable the position of rivulet(s) may vary as the motion of the cable induces an additional varying aerodynamic force perpendicular to the direction of the wind field. It seems not too easy to model this phenomenon, several author state that there is no model available yet.The idea to model this problem is to consider a horizontal cylinder supported by springs in such a way that only one degree of freedom, i.e. vertical vibration is possible. We consider a ridge on the surface of the cylinder parallel to the axis of the cylinder. Additionally, let the cylinder with ridge be able to oscillate, with small amplitude, around the axis such that the oscillations are excited by an external force.It may be clear that the small amplitude oscillations of the cylinder and hence of the ridge induce a varying lift and drag force. In this approach it is assumed that the motion of the ridge models the dynamics of the rivulet(s) on the cable. By using a quasi-steady approach to model the aerodynamic forces, one arrives at a non-linear second-order equation displaying three different kinds of excitation mechanisms: self-excitation, parametric excitation and ordinary forcing. The first results of the analysis of the equation of motion show that even in a linear approximation for certain values of the parameters involved, stable periodic motions are possible. In the relevant cases where in linear approximation unstable periodic motions are found, results of an analysis of the non-linear equation are presented.     

Theoretical and experimental studies on the aerodynamic instability of a two-dimensional circular cylinder with a moving attachment

Rain–wind induced vibration of cables in cable-stayed bridges is a worldwide problem of great concern. The effect of the motion of water rivulets on the instability of stay cables has been recognized as one of the mechanisms of this complex phenomenon. In order to investigate how the motion of rivulets affects the unstable vibration of cables without considering the effects of axial flow and axial vortex, a real three-dimensional cable was modeled as a two-dimensional circular cylinder, around which an attachment representing the rivulet can move. This could also be regarded as a new kind of two-dimensional 2-dof dynamic system. This paper studies the aerodynamic instability of the system theoretically and experimentally. Equations governing the motions of the cylinder and the attachment are first established. The Lyapunov stability criterion is applied to the equations of motion to derive the criterion for the unstable balance angle of the attachment. Moreover, a new two-dimensional 2-dof cable model system with a movable attachment is designed and tested in a wind tunnel. Parametric studies are carried out to investigate the effects of major factors such as wind speed, frequency and damping of the dynamic system on the unstable balance angle of the rivulet attachment. Theoretical and experimental results match well. These results may be valuable in elucidating the mechanism of rain–wind induced vibration of stay cables.     

Numerical investigation of the coupled interaction between an unsteady aerodynamic flow field and a water film coating on a circular cylinder

Rain–wind induced vibration is an aeroelastic phenomenon that occurs on the inclined cables of cable-stayed bridges and arises due to the interaction between the unsteady wind loading and the formation of water rivulets on the cable surface. A new numerical method has been developed at the University of Strathclyde to simulate the influence of the external flow field on the rivulet dynamics and vice versa. The approach is to couple a Discrete Vortex Method solver to determine the external flow field and unsteady aerodynamic loading, and a pseudo-spectral solver based on lubrication theory to model the evolution and growth of the water rivulets on the cable surface under external loading. Results of this coupled model are presented, to provide detailed information on the development of water rivulets and their interaction with the aerodynamic field. In particular, the effect of the initial water film thickness and the angle of attack in plane on the resulting rivulets are investigated. The results are consistent with previous full scale and experimental observations with rivulets forming on the upper surface of the cable only in configurations where rain–wind induced vibration has been observed. Additionally, the thickness of the lower rivulet is found to be self-limiting in all configurations. The results demonstrate that the model can be used to enhance the understanding of the underlying physical mechanisms of rain–wind-induced vibration.     

悬索桥负载移梁过程静力学分析与试验研究

针对轨索移梁新工艺在悬索桥建设中的关键技术问题进行了理论分析和整体模型试验研究。根据柔索结构基本假定,建立了轨索移梁系统负载状态下的整体力学分析模型,并推导了主缆、吊索和轨索等各构件受力状态的计算方程。理论模型中,移梁小车所在轨索节段采用4个直线索单元模拟,其他位置的轨索节段采用1个直线索单元模拟。以矮寨悬索桥为工程背景,设计制作了轨索移梁体系的整体缩尺模型用以模拟移梁过程,测试了第一段梁从入轨到安装多个子工况的体系响应。理论计算结果与模型试验结果吻合良好,表明本文的计算方法正确有效,能解决轨索移梁工艺负载移梁过程中体系整体受力分析和轨索局部变形分析求解问题。该方法可简化计算过程,计算精度和结果能够应用于工程计算分析和求解,是一种适合于轨索移梁工艺负载状态下体系的分析方法。     

A numerical and experimental hybrid approach for the investigation of aerodynamic forces on stay cables suffering from rain-wind induced vibration

The aerodynamic forces on a stay cable under a rain-wind induced vibration (RWIV) are difficult to measure directly in a wind tunnel test. This paper presents a hybrid approach that combines an experiment with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the investigation on aerodynamic forces of a stay cable under a RWIV. The stay cable and flow field were considered as two substructures of the system. The oscillation of the stay cable was first measured by using a wind tunnel test of a RWIV under an artificial rainfall condition. The oscillation of the cable was treated as a previously known moving boundary condition and applied to the flow field. Only the flow field with the known moving cable boundary was then numerically simulated by using a CFD method (such as Fluent 6.3). The transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable with a predetermined cable oscillation were obtained from numerical calculations. The characteristics of the aerodynamic forces in the time domain and frequency domain were then analysed for various cases. To verify the feasibility and accuracy of the proposed hybrid approach, the transient aerodynamic forces were applied to a single-degree-of-freedom model (SDOF) of the stay cable to calculate the RWIV of the cable. A comparison was performed between the oscillation responses of the stay cable obtained from the calculated (SDOF model) and experimental results, and the results indicate that the hybrid approach accurately simulates the transient aerodynamic forces of the stay cable. The equivalent damping ratios induced by the aerodynamic forces were obtained for various wind speeds. Furthermore, a nonlinear model of the aerodynamic force is proposed based on the calculation results, and the coefficients in the model were identified by a nonlinear least-squares technique.