CFD simulation study on wind load of perforated traffic sign board

Xu, Jinqiang; Xu, Huidong; Zeng, Chenghong; Xie, Chengguang; Guo, Jinqiu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240927

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“…Wind-induced vibrations can cause serious damage to buildings, bridges, and offshore structures. There are many scenarios that require protection from wind-induced vibration, such as bridge collapses [1,2], skyscraper wind-resistance design [3,4], arm masts of traffic lights [5,6] and road signs [7,8], cranes [9,10], aerofoils [11,12], and more. Traditional solutions for passive vibration suppression primarily involve the use of tuned mass dampers [13,14], nonlinear energy sink [15,16], etc.…”

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Aeroelastic metastructure for simultaneously suppressing wind-induced vibration and energy harvesting under wind flows and base excitations

Chen,

Xu,

Zhao

2024

Smart Mater. Struct.

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This paper proposes an innovative dual-functional aeroelastic metastructure that effectively suppresses wind-induced structural vibrations under either pure aerodynamic galloping or concurrent galloping and base excitations, while simultaneously harnessing the vibratory energy to potentially allow for self-powered onboard low-power sensing applications. Two configurations are theoretically and experimentally analysed and compared, one consisting of simply regular locally resonating masses subjected to no external forces, while the other comprising locally resonating bluff bodies which experience additional aerodynamic galloping forces. Numerical investigation is conducted based on an established aero-electro-mechanically coupled model. Wind tunnel wind tunnel and base vibration experiments are carried out using a fabricated aeroelastic metastructure prototype to characterize the energy transfer mechanisms and validate the numerical results. The mutual effects of key system parameters, including the frequency ratio, mass ratio, load resistance and electromechanical coupling strength, on the dual-functional capabilities are examined, providing a comprehensive design guideline for efficiently enhancing the energy transfer and conversion. Experimentally, the galloping displacement of the primary structure is attenuated by 78% with a measured power output of 2.63mW from a single auxiliary oscillator at a wind speed of 8m/s. This research opens new possibilities for designing novel metastructures in practical scenarios where both wind-induced vibration suppression and energy harvesting are crucial.

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Aeroelastic metastructure for simultaneously suppressing wind-induced vibration and energy harvesting under wind flows and base excitations

Chen,

Xu,

Zhao

2024

Smart Mater. Struct.

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Influence of Porosity on Drag Coefficient of Perforated Road Signs

2022

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To ensure the structural stability of road signs against strong gusts of wind, perforated road signs with sign boards perforated at regular intervals have been adopted for use in urban road infrastructure. However, ASCE 7-22 standards do not consider the drag coefficient of signs with low porosity, i.e., less than 30%. Therefore, here, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis was performed to analyze the drag coefficient of perforated road signs with a porosity of less than 30%. The aspect and clearance ratios, which are the width/height ratio of a perforated road sign and the height of the perforated road sign/its distance from the ground, respectively, were set as parameters. Subsequently, the drag coefficient of perforated road signs with a porosity of 30% was calculated, and the effect of porosity and wind speed on the drag coefficient of perforated road signs was analyzed. Results show that the drag coefficient of perforated road signs decreased as the porosity increased, with a drag coefficient reduction effect of up to 0.85 times. Furthermore, perforated road signs with a high clearance ratio exhibited significant decreased drag coefficient. For perforated road signs, the drag coefficient does not show a clear correlation with wind speed.

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Numerical Design of the Roof Structure of a Vehicle Charging Carport Based on the Dragonfly Wing Grid Pattern

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The realization of the global “Double carbon” target is closely related to the energy-saving travel of human beings. Along with the increase in the number of new energy vehicles around the world, the number of new energy vehicle charging post carports has also increased. However, the collapse of the carport of the new energy vehicle charging post often occurs. The search for ways to optimize the carport structure construction and build a lighter and more stable charging post carport structure has become one of the hot spots in the new energy vehicle industry. Dragonfly wings have a comprehensive evolution in structure, form and function, and their stiffness, stability and resistance to deformation may be a potential solution to optimize the structure of the shed roof. Inspired by this, the study designs two new energy vehicle charging pile canopies based on the dragonfly wing mesh structure to enhance the loading capacity and structural stability of the canopies. The study firstly concludes that the dragonfly wing mesh can enhance the stiffness through experimental analysis, and simulates and models the structure based on the quadrilateral mesh wrinkling and hexagonal mesh arching in its mesh morphology, combined with the national design standard of the charging pile canopy. Studies on the numerical design experiment of the new energy vehicle charging station canopy model based on finite element software under different natural loads, the deflection of shed under the action of self-weight and the deflection, tensile stress and compressive stress under external load are analyzed, and the results show that: (1) The grid structure of the dragonfly wing bionic charging pile shed can optimize the stiffness of the car charging pile shed. (2) According to the wing structure, the test results of the shed roof structure under different working conditions are better than the national standard. (3) Compared with the vertical load, the transverse load of the arched membrane structure, which is represented by the charging pile shed of the new energy vehicle, is larger. (4) According to the stress point of the shed, the structure constraint of the shed can effectively reduce the pressure on the and share part of the load, which can enhance the stability of the shed. (5) In comparison with the displacement of common carport types, the bionic carport shows superior stability and durability. The new bionic carport structure proposed by the research, with stronger pressure bearing, smaller force deformation and lighter weight, is a kind of membrane structure for stable new energy vehicle charging pile carports, which will help further the optimization and promotion of the new energy vehicle industry.

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CFD simulation study on wind load of perforated traffic sign board

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Aeroelastic metastructure for simultaneously suppressing wind-induced vibration and energy harvesting under wind flows and base excitations

Aeroelastic metastructure for simultaneously suppressing wind-induced vibration and energy harvesting under wind flows and base excitations

Influence of Porosity on Drag Coefficient of Perforated Road Signs

Numerical Design of the Roof Structure of a Vehicle Charging Carport Based on the Dragonfly Wing Grid Pattern

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