Using three turbulence simulation methods for modeling the flying of high-speed railway tunnel lining blocks under piston airflow
December 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...
Post-disaster investigations of damage feature of buildings and structures due to several local strong winds in China during 2021–2024
December 2024
Local strong winds such as tornadoes 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...
Development and application of a tornado database for the Chinese mainland
December 2024
This study develops a preliminary tornado database for the Chinese mainland using information provided by the Yearbook of Meteorological Disasters in China (YMDC) from 2003 to 2019 and other public...
Deep learning-based fast prediction of flow field around multiple bluff bodies
December 2024
Bluff bodies are widely employed in practical engineering, but they also introduce complex wind-induced flow characteristics, particularly due to interference effects arising from the interaction of...
Inter-farm wake effect on layout optimization: Case study of standardized two-phase wind farms
December 2024
Due to the limited availability of suitable sites, wind farms are now being constructed closer to each other or in phases, highlighting the importance of understanding the wake effects between adjacent...
Exploring the influence of urban density and mountainous topography on local wind patterns: An experimental study of Hongkong, China
December 2024
The urban wind flow of the canopy layer has a significant impact on the urban climate, as well as the ventilation, pollutant diffusion, and thermal comfort. Therefore, the related studies are gaining...
Aspect ratio effects on spatiotemporal correlations and coherent structures of buildings specifically for twisted wind
December 2024
In this study, flow fields of square cross-section buildings with three aspect ratios (AR=breadth/height=1:1, 1:4 and 1:6) under conventional wind profile (CWP) and twisted wind profile (TWP) are simulated...
Investigating the impact of non-stationary typhoon on extreme value analysis of annual maximum wind speeds
December 2024
Extreme wind loads are the wind loads that a structure is expected to encounter during its design service life. To evaluate this extreme loads, extreme value analysis is commonly employed. A key assumption...
Recent developments in the wind resistance of railway bridges in China
December 2024
In the past 30 years, the wind resistance of railway bridges has undergone great success with the efforts from the whole research community under the rapid developments of high-speed railways in China....
Advances in wind engineering: Vision and mission
September 2024
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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,...
