The high-speed railway bridge, accounting for over 50% of railway lines, plays an important role in high-speed railways. When the train runs at high speed on these bridges, the strong winds will directly pose a risk to the safety of train operation, even causing train overturning accidents. Therefore, it is significantly urgent to accurately simulate the relative motion of the train-bridge system in crosswind environment. An improved delayed detached-eddy simulation study based on the shear stress transfer k-omega (I-ω) turbulence model was used to analyze the aerodynamic characteristics of trains running on bridges under two relative motion modes, i.e., the static synthesis method (SSM) and the dynamic decomposition method (DDM), and the variation rule of train aerodynamic loads. The differences of aerodynamic forces, surface pressure distributions, and flow characteristics around the train body under two motions were discussed. The results show that the applied velocity-inlet boundaries in two relative train-bridge motion modes under crosswinds lead to a large difference in the flow characteristics around bridges. Compared with the SSM, the DDM generates more small-scale vortices in the leeward side of the train, causes more disturbances, and enhances the flow instability. Under the DDM, the side force coefficient and lift force coefficient of the train are decreased by 1.99%, 66.67% (Train on the windward side) and 24.47%, 48.24% (Train on the leeward side), respectively, as compared to the SSM. The achievements obtained in the current study can provide data support for the operation standard of high-speed trains traveling on bridges.
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December 13 2023
Comparison of aerodynamic performance of trains running on bridges under crosswinds using various motion modes
Jie Zhang (张洁)
;
Jie Zhang (张洁)
(Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
The State Key Laboratory of Heavy-Duty and Express High-power Electric Locomotive, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
2
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
3
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
4
Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Aerodynamics, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
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Yansi Ding (丁艳思)
;
Yansi Ding (丁艳思)
(Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
The State Key Laboratory of Heavy-Duty and Express High-power Electric Locomotive, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
2
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
3
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
4
Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Aerodynamics, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
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Fan Wang (王璠)
;
Fan Wang (王璠)
(Formal analysis, Writing – original draft)
1
The State Key Laboratory of Heavy-Duty and Express High-power Electric Locomotive, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
2
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
3
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
4
Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Aerodynamics, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
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Nanshen Xiang (向南燊)
;
Nanshen Xiang (向南燊)
(Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing)
1
The State Key Laboratory of Heavy-Duty and Express High-power Electric Locomotive, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
2
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
3
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
4
Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Aerodynamics, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
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Ao Xu (许澳)
;
Ao Xu (许澳)
(Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
1
The State Key Laboratory of Heavy-Duty and Express High-power Electric Locomotive, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
2
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
3
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
4
Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Aerodynamics, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
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Zhengwei Chen (陈争卫)
;
Zhengwei Chen (陈争卫)
(Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing)
5
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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Mingzan Tang (唐明赞)
Mingzan Tang (唐明赞)
a)
(Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing)
1
The State Key Laboratory of Heavy-Duty and Express High-power Electric Locomotive, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
2
Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track of Ministry of Education, School of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
3
National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
4
Key Laboratory of Railway Industry of Aerodynamics, Central South University
, Changsha 410075, China
a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: mingzan_tang@csu.edu.cn
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a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: mingzan_tang@csu.edu.cn
Physics of Fluids 35, 125125 (2023)
Article history
Received:
September 17 2023
Accepted:
November 18 2023
Citation
Jie Zhang, Yansi Ding, Fan Wang, Nanshen Xiang, Ao Xu, Zhengwei Chen, Mingzan Tang; Comparison of aerodynamic performance of trains running on bridges under crosswinds using various motion modes. Physics of Fluids 1 December 2023; 35 (12): 125125. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0176835
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