Journal
JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS
Volume 208, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104434
Keywords
Train aerodynamics; Unsteady crosswind; Windbreak; Elongated hillock; Dynamic response
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Funding
- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFB1201304]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1534210]
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The aerodynamic and dynamic behaviors of a train near an elongated hillock beside a windbreak under crosswind were analyzed, revealing the sudden impact of the elongated hillock on the train and proposing a mitigation measure. A certain distance from the windbreak could effectively reduce the impact on the train.
Based on unsteady simulations and decomposed sliding mesh technology, train aerodynamic and dynamic behaviors near an elongated hillock beside a windbreak under a crosswind were analyzed. First, the sudden deterioration of the aerodynamic performance was explained. Then, a mitigation measure was proposed to reduce the impact of the elongated hillock on the train. Finally, the dynamic responses for the original elongated hillock and mitigation measure were compared. The results showed that two symmetric vortices along the railway were generated by the elongated hillock, and in the position between these two vortices, a strong wind speed occurred, which resulted in a sudden impact on the train, and the aerodynamic impacts were the largest on the head car. A certain distance from the elongated hillock to the windbreak could make a mitigation effect. For the original elongated hillock, there was a severe yawing phenomenon of more than 83 mm/3 degrees from the centerline of the car body for the head car. For the mitigation measure, the safety index and vibration displacement of the head car and tail car decreased effectively.
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