Field-measurement-based local wind field characteristics on bridge deck of truss girder bridges in a deep-cutting gorge bridge site area

Abstract

Affected by many factors, the local wind environment on the bridge deck is complex and changeable, and it seriously threatens traffic safety. To accurately evaluate the wind field on the bridge deck, this paper develops a system to monitor the actual local wind environment and applies it to field measurement of the wind parameters at different positions of a complex truss girder bridge. The results show that the wind parameters on the bridge deck, including wind speed, gust factor, and turbulence intensity, are different from the bridge site due to the influence of the ancillary facilities. Also, the wind profile of the local wind field on the bridge deck is more in line with the polynomial distribution, which makes the equivalent height of the wind load much higher than the vehicle gravity. It should be noted that the measured power spectrum of the bridge deck is quite different from the wind spectrum applicable to the bridge site area, so it is not appropriate to use the wind spectrum of the bridge site area to carry out the analysis of the windmill bridge, and a more suitable wind spectrum for bridge deck wind field is proposed.