Abstract:Transmission towers with steel tubes or so-called tubular towers are widely used for ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission because of their overall higher strength and stability, and better wind resistant capability. However, within a specific wind velocity range, tubular members with a high slenderness ratio are susceptible to joint fatigue failure under the vortex-induced vibration (VIV). To thoroughly unveil the mechanism of VIV of tubular members in UHV transmission towers, this paper first measures the ac… Show more
“…After the air conditioner is closed in summer, the indoor temperature rises, and the cable is in a high temperature, high humidity, and high chloride environment; when the air conditioner is turned on in winter, the cable is easy to condense, and the cable is in high humidity and high chlorine environment [11]. e corrosion problem is relatively prominent in the natatorium environment compared with other structures [12]. Galfancoated full-locked coil ropes (starting now referred to as cable) are commonly used in engineering and are in a highstress state during service.…”
Galfan-coated full-locked coil rope is widely applied in long-span spatial structures because of its high strength and lightweight. However, the corrosion problem is relatively serious in the natatorium, which affects the structure’s durability. To deeply reveal the corrosion mechanism of Galfan-coated cable, this study first measured the natatorium on-site, and the results indicated that the natatorium environment can be simulated by a constant temperature and humidity environment in engineering. Then, the constant temperature and humidity corrosion test was carried out to simulate the corrosion of Galfan-coated cable with a certain amount of chloride ions on the surface, and the early corrosion rate was obtained. Later, the neutral salt spray accelerated corrosion test was carried out to predict the corrosion rate of the cable in the natatorium environment in the middle and late periods. The specimens included no-stress unprotected coating cable, high-stress unprotected coating cable, and high-stress protected coating cable. The results show that high stress will accelerate the corrosion, and a protective coating can effectively prevent the corrosion. Finally, the linear model, bilinear model, and bilinear model considering chloride ion accumulation were proposed to study the corrosion of the Galfan coating. The results show that the linear model overestimates the corrosion rate, and the bilinear model and bilinear model considering chloride ion accumulation are practical. Meanwhile, corresponding maintenance suggestions were given for the natatorium project to improve the structure's durability.
“…After the air conditioner is closed in summer, the indoor temperature rises, and the cable is in a high temperature, high humidity, and high chloride environment; when the air conditioner is turned on in winter, the cable is easy to condense, and the cable is in high humidity and high chlorine environment [11]. e corrosion problem is relatively prominent in the natatorium environment compared with other structures [12]. Galfancoated full-locked coil ropes (starting now referred to as cable) are commonly used in engineering and are in a highstress state during service.…”
Galfan-coated full-locked coil rope is widely applied in long-span spatial structures because of its high strength and lightweight. However, the corrosion problem is relatively serious in the natatorium, which affects the structure’s durability. To deeply reveal the corrosion mechanism of Galfan-coated cable, this study first measured the natatorium on-site, and the results indicated that the natatorium environment can be simulated by a constant temperature and humidity environment in engineering. Then, the constant temperature and humidity corrosion test was carried out to simulate the corrosion of Galfan-coated cable with a certain amount of chloride ions on the surface, and the early corrosion rate was obtained. Later, the neutral salt spray accelerated corrosion test was carried out to predict the corrosion rate of the cable in the natatorium environment in the middle and late periods. The specimens included no-stress unprotected coating cable, high-stress unprotected coating cable, and high-stress protected coating cable. The results show that high stress will accelerate the corrosion, and a protective coating can effectively prevent the corrosion. Finally, the linear model, bilinear model, and bilinear model considering chloride ion accumulation were proposed to study the corrosion of the Galfan coating. The results show that the linear model overestimates the corrosion rate, and the bilinear model and bilinear model considering chloride ion accumulation are practical. Meanwhile, corresponding maintenance suggestions were given for the natatorium project to improve the structure's durability.
To study the vortex-induced force (VIF) model of a steel box girder with projecting slab, a cable-stayed bridge with a main span of 160[Formula: see text]m was taken as the research object in this study. First, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation method was used to calculate the amplitude characteristics of vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of the steel box girder with projecting slab, and the calculated results were compared with those of wind tunnel tests. Then, the time–history of VIF of the bridge girder was extracted based on the validated numerical simulation results, and a new mathematical model of VIF for the steel box girder with projecting slab was established according to the residual values between the reconstructed and target values. On such a basis, the steady VIV amplitude expression of the bridge girder was deduced according to the principle of the work done by the damping terms in the VIF model. Finally, the performance function of the maximum VIV amplitude was established with six random variables. Furthermore, the failure probability of VIV was calculated by the maximum entropy principle combined with the multiplicative dimensional reduction method, and the sensitivity of each random variable was analyzed as well. The results show that the lock-in region, VIV amplitudes and vibration frequency of the bridge girder calculated from the numerical simulations agree well with those from the wind tunnel tests, and the maximum amplitude occurs at the oncoming wind speed of 7.2[Formula: see text]m/s. In addition to the most important fundamental-frequency component, there also exist double- and triple-frequency components in the time–history of VIF of the bridge girder, which implies the VIF exhibits certain nonlinear characteristics. According to the proposed expression of the steady VIV amplitude of the bridge girder, the steady amplitude decreases as the absolute value of parameter [Formula: see text] increases, but it increases with the increase of the parameter [Formula: see text]. The failure probability of VIV of the bridge girder is calculated to be 0.9616 based on the performance function with six random variables. Besides, it is found that the damping ratio [Formula: see text] has great effects on the reliability of VIV, while the vertical bending frequency [Formula: see text] exerts less effects.
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