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Effects of vertical central stabilizers on nonlinear wind-induced stabilization of a closed-box girder suspension bridge with various aspect ratios

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The aerodynamic shape of a closed-box girder plays an important role in the wind-induced stabilization of long-span suspension bridges. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of the combination of five aspect ratios and a downward vertical central stabilizer (DVCS) on nonlinear flutter and aerostatic behaviors of a super long-span suspension bridge with closed-box girders. Through conducting a series of wind-tunnel tests and nonlinear finite element analysis, the results show that the nonlinear self-excited forces and the critical wind speed (Ucr) gradually increase as the increase of the aspect ratio (i.e. the width to depth ratios). Furthermore, the application of 20% deck depth DVCS could significantly increase the nonlinear self-excited forces and Ucr for small aspect ratios of 7.9 and 7.1. Particularly, the installation of the DVCS could change the flutter divergence patterns of the bridge from soft flutter to hard flutter, especially for a relatively small aspect ratio. In addition, the aerostatic force coefficients and torsional divergence critical wind speeds of the larger aspect ratio with DVCS are significantly larger than that without DVCS. A relatively small aspect ratio of the bridge has better aerostatic performance than that with a larger aspect ratio.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the support for the research work jointly provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. U2005216, 52178503, 51908374), the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation (No.2023A1515030148 and 2022A1515010665), the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program under grant (Nos. JCYJ20220531101609020, ZDSYS20201020162400001 and KQTD20180412181337494), the Innovation research group project of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (E2022210078) the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and System Safety of Traffic, Engineering Structures, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University (No. KF2020-19), and Key Laboratory for Resilient Infrastructures of Coastal Cities (Shenzhen University), Ministry of Education.

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  1. College of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, China

    Rui Zhou & Haijun Zhou

  2. State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China

    Yaojun Ge & Yongxin Yang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Behavior and System Safety of Traffic Engineering Structures and Innovation Center for Wind Engineering and Wind Energy Technology of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, Shijiazhuang, 050043, China

    Qingkuan Liu

  4. Department of Infrastructure Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia

    Lihai Zhang

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Zhou, R., Ge, Y., Yang, Y. et al. Effects of vertical central stabilizers on nonlinear wind-induced stabilization of a closed-box girder suspension bridge with various aspect ratios. Nonlinear Dyn 111, 9127–9143 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-023-08358-1

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