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2ND NAMHAE SUSPENSION BRIDGE

Case Study
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CFD Steady State Coefficients (SSC)

GP

CFD

Schedule

Results

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Definition of cross-sections to be analyzed

Deck (construction phase + final state) & Pylon
Definition of (new) Aero Classes
Calculation of Aero Classes
Action Aero with multiple different calculation parameters
Calibration (MS Excel)
NO Convergence of SSC
Convergence of SSC
Calculation of FINAL Steady State Coefficients (using final
calculation parameters)

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CFD Calibration Steady state coefficients

Cross-Sections for CFD

Main-girder in Construction phase
Moment
Lift

Drag

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CFD Calibration Steady state coefficients

Aero classes - SSC

Properties
Aero Classes
Steady State Coefficients

Definition of Calculation Parameters

Angle , Reference Speed v-ref and Number
of Panels are constant
To be found:
Time step dt [s]
Core size [m]
Number of Iterations:
Iter = T/dt
T is the application time T = 16 s
Starting values suggested automatically by the program
(depending on the CS geometry)
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CFD Calibration Steady state coefficients

Calibration Drag, Lift & Moment

First run for MG Cross-Section (construction phase)

Calculation Parameters :
v-ref = 30 m/s (108 km/h)
1 = 0
(suggested by program)
Iter0=1200 800
Nr. Of panels = 300
dt0 = 0.019 0.02
Core Size 0 = 0.1

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CFD Calibration Steady state coefficients

DT
Factor

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dt

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9

0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9

0.002
0.004
0.006
0.008
0.010
0.012
0.014
0.016
0.018

10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2

0.020
0.022
0.024
0.026
0.028
0.030
0.032
0.034
0.036
0.038
0.040

CS
no. Iter
8000
4000
2667
2000
1600
1333
1143
1000
889
800 Suggested
727
667
615
571
533
500
471
444
421
400

Factor

sigma

no. Iter

0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9

0.01
0.02
0.03
0.04
0.05
0.06
0.07
0.08
0.09

800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800

1
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2
2.4
2.8
3.2
3.6
4

0.10
0.12
0.14
0.16
0.18
0.20
0.24
0.28
0.32
0.36
0.40

800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800
800

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Calibration Drag, Lift & Moment

 DT

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Calibration Forces

 CS

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Calibration Forces

 DT

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CS

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Calibration Deviation A

 DT

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CS

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Calibration Strouhal Number

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Second Calibration
NEW PARAMETERS OLD PARAMETERS

Dt = 0.025

Dt = 0.02

CS = 0.07

CS = 0.1

NEW RESULTS

OLD RESULTS

Cd = 1.71 kN

Cd = 1.60 kN

Cl = 0.93 kN

Cl = 0.65 kN

Cm=-19.7 kNm

Cm=-19.7 kNm

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Bearman et al. 82
RE 20000

LITERATURE
Cd = 2.07

Cd=V2CdA

Cd = 1.86 kN

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Thank you for your attention

For any further questions please contact our bridge team in Graz.

MSc Mitja Papinutti, mitja.papinutti@bentley.com