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Calculation model and mechanism analysis for rain-wind-induced vibration of stay cable

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Rain-wind-induced vibration of cable was studied based on previous research achievements. According to the quasi-steady assumption, the governing equation of vertical motion of the cable was derived and the criterion for unstable motion and occurrence mechanism was studied. A comparison was performed between the oscillation responses of the stay cable obtained from calculated model and previous results. The results indicate that the analysis model can reflect the main characteristics of wind-rain-induced vibrationt of the cable which is amplitude- and velocity-restricted, and it is probably related with the periodic vortex shedding of wake flow. It is essential for the occurrence of rain-wind-induced or wind-induced vibration of cable that the derivative of lift coefficient with respect to transient angle of attack is less than zero. When rain-wind-induced vibration occurs, the aerodynamic force has a dual function for the vibration, and the maximum amplitude of stayed-cable is determined by the relative value of aerodynamic exciting force and aerodynamic damping force.

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Correspondence to Gui-hua Xie  (谢桂华).

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Foundation item: Project(51078170) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(10JDG097) supported by Jiangsu University Talents Funds, China

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Xie, Gh., Liu, Rg., Cai, Ds. et al. Calculation model and mechanism analysis for rain-wind-induced vibration of stay cable. J. Cent. South Univ. 21, 1107–1114 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-014-2043-z

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