Aerodynamic Stability of a Three-Tower Suspension Bridge during Erection via Aeroelastic Model Test

Abstract:

As a new long-span suspension bridge with double main spans and a typical closed streamline cross-section of single box deck, the flutter performance of the Maanshan Bridge during erection was investigated via a full bridge aeroelastic model test. Critical flutter wind speeds of 13 testing cases with different percentage of deck completion are much higher than the flutter checking wind speeds, and the bridge is hence proven to be stable enough during erection in aerodynamics. The case with the percentage of deck completion of 86.4% gets the lowest flutter critical wind speed, perhaps because frequency ratio gets the minimum value at this case.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 405-408)
• Pages: 1494-1499
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.405-408.1494
• Online since: September 2013
• Authors: Wen Ming Zhang, Yao Jun Ge
• Keywords: Aerodynamic, Erection, Flutter, Full Bridge Aeroelastic Model, Three-Tower Suspension Bridge, Wind Tunnel Test

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