Investigation of the aerodynamic characteristics of single-box girders with different aspect ratios

Abstract

In this paper, the three dimensional LES method was used to generate a typical turbulent wind field. Three streamlined box girders with three different aspect ratios were adopted to investigate the effects of aspect ratios on the force coefficients and flow separation characteristics with different angles of attack. The results show that the aspect ratio has significant effects on the force coefficients of the streamlined box girder, and the larger the aspect ratio is, the larger the lift coefficient is. For the flow separation characteristics, as the aspect ratio increases, the spacing of wake vortex is shortened and the wake vortex dissipation rate is accelerated.