Post-disaster investigations of damage feature of buildings and structures due to several local strong winds in China during 2021-2024
Available online 10 October 2024
Local strong winds such as tornados and downbursts are rare in terms of measured wind speed data due to their rapid formation and strong destructive power. Post-disaster investigations have become an...
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Using three turbulence simulation methods for modeling the flying of high-speed railway tunnel lining blocks under piston airflow
Available online 5 October 2024
The detached tunnel lining concrete blocks poses a serious threat to the safety of moving high-speed train. Understanding the flight characteristics of detached blocks from the tunnel soffit under train...
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Advances in wind engineering: Vision and mission
September 2024
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Machine learning for bridge wind engineering
September 2024
Modeling and control are primary domains in bridge wind engineering. The natural wind field characteristics (e.g., non-stationary, non-uniform, spatial-temporal changing characteristics) and the wind-bridge...
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Reflections on potential applications of LiDAR for in-situ observations of high-rise buildings during typhoons: Focusing on wind-driven rain and windborne debris
September 2024
Debris from extreme wind conditions poses a significant threat to buildings, which has been investigated primarily through wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations. Recently, researchers have...
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Numerical investigation of wind-induced snowdrift on a long-span saddle-shaped roof based on the k-kl-ω model
September 2024
Long-span structures are more vulnerable to the imbalanced distribution of snow loads, which is a primary factor contributing to structural failure. The development of snowdrifts is directly related...
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Roughness constant selection for atmospheric boundary layer simulations using a k-ω SST turbulence model within a commercial CFD solver
September 2024
Transit of an atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) profile within computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations is often hindered through unintended streamwise gradients in the flow resulting in ABL inhomogeneity....
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A refined empirical model of steady-state downburst based on high-resolution wind speed data obtained from wind tunnel tests
September 2024
A slice of research pertinent to the analytical or empirical models of downburst winds was available, but the current validation was usually based on sampled wind velocities at several typical positions...
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Mitigating crosswind response of a high-speed train passing the end of windbreak walls
September 2024
The sudden change in wind speed at the end of a windbreak wall poses a significant threat to train safety, as it amplifies train’s responses. This study aims to investigate countermeasures to reduce...
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3D LES numerical investigation of vertical vortex-induced vibrations of a 4:1 rectangular cylinder
September 2024
The aerodynamic characteristics of rectangular cylinders provide valuable references for many engineering structures. Aiming to investigate the characteristics of vortex-induced vibration (VIV) of this...
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State-of-the-art review on typhoon wind environments and their effects on long-span bridges
September 2024
After more than 40 years of economic reforms, the Chinese economy has rapidly developed, and large populations and wealth have been concentrated around the southeastern Chinese coastline where, unfortunately,...
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