Abstract
Rain-wind induced vibrations are a hydro-aeroelastic vibration phenomenon that occurs when rain and wind act simultaneously on cables, hangars and ropes. The vibration phenomena may induce oscillations with large amplitudes, thus the fatigue of construction elements is possible. The paper presents a possible fluid-mechanical interpretation of rain-wind induced vibrations. Based on this interpretation a mechanical model is deduced, in order to enable numerical investigations. In order to account for the unsteady aerodynamics a hybrid method is used, which records the lift and drag coefficients as well as the distributions of pressure and shear stress from experiments in the wind tunnel. The complex system of nonlinear differential equations is analysed concerning the stability of solutions. As an example demonstrating the border zones between numerical and experimental investigations, a parameter study for the influence of the cylinder diameter on the onset wind velocity is shown.
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