Abstract
To ensure the structural stability of road signs against strong gusts of wind, perforated road signs with sign boards perforated at regular intervals have been adopted for use in urban road infrastructure. However, ASCE 7-22 standards do not consider the drag coefficient of signs with low porosity, i.e., less than 30%. Therefore, here, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed to analyze the drag coefficient of perforated road signs with a porosity of less than 30%. The aspect and clearance ratios, which are the width/height ratio of a perforated road sign and the height of the perforated road sign/its distance from the ground, respectively, were set as parameters. Subsequently, the drag coefficient of perforated road signs with a porosity of 30% was calculated, and the effect of porosity and wind speed on the drag coefficient of perforated road signs was analyzed. Results show that the drag coefficient of perforated road signs decreased as the porosity increased, with a drag coefficient reduction effect of up to 0.85 times. Furthermore, perforated road signs with a high clearance ratio exhibited significant decreased drag coefficient. For perforated road signs, the drag coefficient does not show a clear correlation with wind speed.
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