Local wind characteristics on bridge deck of twin-box girder considering wind barriers by large-scale wind tunnel tests

Abstract

Traffic accidents on bridges occur occasionally and have attracted the wide attention of the whole society as well as world. Therefore, researching and exploring the wind environment on bridge deck is a significant and urgent incident, which is able to provide crucial reference for vehicle driving safety. In this paper, the wind environments on the bridge deck of twin-box girder with large scale of 1:20.4 are investigated through wide-ranging wind tunnel tests. During the tests, multiple wind barriers with different heights, porosities and opening forms are considered precisely. Also, the wind environments of truss girder are studied and compared in the process of experiment. Eventually, after handling with the data, analyzing the figures and comparing with other test results, the most significant disciplines are as follows: The wind environments of twin-box girder and truss girder are fairly various; the power spectrum and the wind velocity of twin-box girder are much larger, and there is a lag at the wind velocity stabilization point of truss structure. At the same time, while the parameters of wind barriers change, lower porosity creates lower wind velocity and lower power spectrum. And the height of the wind barriers affects the wind profiles a lot on the windward lanes and lower power spectrum. In addition, the effects of the opening form on windproof and power spectrum are relatively limited.