Effects of attachments on vortex-induced vibration characteristics of triple-box girders

YANG Han1, 2, ZHENG Shixiong1, 2, MA Cunming1, 2

Journal of Vibration and Shock ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5) : 176-183.

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Journal of Vibration and Shock ›› 2025, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (5) : 176-183.
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Effects of attachments on vortex-induced vibration characteristics of triple-box girders

  • YANG Han1,2, ZHENG Shixiong*1,2, MA Cunming1,2
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Here, to study effects of attachments on vortex induced vibration (VIV) of a triple-box girder bridge, taking a certain highway and rail way dual-use separated triple-box girder bridge as background, wind tunnel tests were conducted in XNJD-1 reflux series wind tunnel.Multiple sets of operating conditions were set up in tests to study effects of rail maintenance, single beam attachments and combinations of attachments on VIVs of triple-box girder.After analyzing the test results, it was shown that effects of rail maintenance on VIV characteristics of triple-box girder are limited; highway wind barriers can deteriorate both vertical and torsional VIVs, while railway wind barriers can suppress VIVs; crash barriers can suppress vertical VIVs but can also induce torsional VIVs; compared with crash barriers, railway wind barriers perform better in suppressing VIVs, while highway wind barriers have a larger deteriorating effect on vertical VIVs compared to suppressing VIV effects of railway wind barriers and crash barriers; highway wind barriers are main excitation source of torsional VIV, and working conditions with highway wind barriers produce severe torsional VIVs.Finally, by using computational fluid dynamics  numerical simulation, flow field characteristics of triple-box girder were analyzed, the results showed that attachments can promote generation and development of vortices in main beam gap, and intensify VIVs of triple-box.

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triple-box girder / wind tunnel test / attachments / vortex-induced vibration / computation fluid dynamic

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YANG Han1, 2, ZHENG Shixiong1, 2, MA Cunming1, 2. Effects of attachments on vortex-induced vibration characteristics of triple-box girders[J]. Journal of Vibration and Shock, 2025, 44(5): 176-183

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