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Wind Tunnel Testing of Bridge

This document describes wind tunnel testing of bridge decks conducted by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The researchers developed a new experimental setup that can replicate real bridge motions using actuators internally connected to a section model in the wind tunnel. This allows them to predict self-excited wind forces under realistic bridge vibrations and obtain aerodynamic derivatives characterizing the motion-dependent forces. The researchers tested their setup on a section model of the Hardanger Bridge and were able to determine flutter conditions and compare aerodynamic derivatives to rational functions.

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Wind Tunnel Testing of Bridge

This document describes wind tunnel testing of bridge decks conducted by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. The researchers developed a new experimental setup that can replicate real bridge motions using actuators internally connected to a section model in the wind tunnel. This allows them to predict self-excited wind forces under realistic bridge vibrations and obtain aerodynamic derivatives characterizing the motion-dependent forces. The researchers tested their setup on a section model of the Hardanger Bridge and were able to determine flutter conditions and compare aerodynamic derivatives to rational functions.

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Wind tunnel testing of bridge decks

Bartosz Siedziako

Ole Øiseth
Anders Rønnquist

Department of Structural Engineering


Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

1 [email protected]
Wind tunnel measurements?

• To predict wind-induced forces due to:


– Motion of the bridge deck
– Wind turbulence
– Vortex shedding
– Static wind pressure

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Section models - how it’s done

• Static load coefficients


• Rational coefficients
• Indicial functions
• Aerodynamic admittance
functions
• Aerodynamic derivatives

3 3
Aerodynamic derivatives

• Define motion-dependent (self-excited ) forces

• Aerodynamic derivatives are used to define aeroelastic


damping and stiffness matrices
 P*1 P*5 BP*2   P*4 P *6 BP*3 
1   1  
Cae  VKB  H *5 H *1 BH *2  K ae  V 2 K 2  H *6 H *4 BH *3 
2  BA*5 2 *  2  BA*6
 BA*1 B A 2  BA*4 B 2 A*3 

• They change the structural properties of the combined


structure - flow system

Mv  (C  Cae ) v  ( K  Kae ) v  F

4 4
Standard tests to obtain
aerodynamic derivatives

Harmonic horizontal motion

Harmonic vertical motion

Harmonic torsional motion

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Motivation

6
Floating bridge motion

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Are we able to predict the self-excited forces under realistic bridge motions ?

Aerodynamic
derivatives ?

8
New experimental setup - main working principle

• It is possible to replicate in the wind tunnel real motion of the bridges


• Actuators internally connected to execute the same motion
• Accuracy: 0,036mm and 0,0010
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Motion control

• Custom made software

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Testing

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Building experimental setup - Final design

Section
model

Actuator

Supporting
frame

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Set up in the wind tunnel

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Wind tunnel at Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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Inside the wind tunnel

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Inside the wind tunnel

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Building experimental setup – load cell connection

17
Production of the section model

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Are we able to predict the self-excited forces
under realistic bridge motions ?

19
Aerodynamic derivatives of the Hardanger Bridge section model

20
Real bridge
motion V=50m/s

21
Lift
Real bridge Drag
motion V=50m/s
Pitch

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Flutter conditions (mid-span motion)

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Flutter Motion

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Amplitude spectra of measured self-excited forces

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Aerodynamic derivatives vs Rational Functions

- Single data points at specified reduced - Fitted curve that is a function of


velocity: V*=V/B/ω reduced velocity f = f(V*)

Several
velocities, One wind tunnel test
several
frequencies
(28 tests)

- 1 DoF harmonic motion - 3 DoF random motion

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Twin deck geometry

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Wind tunnel testing of bridge decks

Video Time

Department of Structural Engineering


Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology
Norwegian University of Science and Technology

28 [email protected]

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