کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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268386 | 504433 | 2009 | 12 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Wind-induced fatigue is a crucial topic in the design of several structural types. Despite this, the methods proposed in the literature have been developed mainly for research purposes. As a consequence, reliable engineering and standard methods for wind-induced fatigue analyses are still very limited and mainly addressed to the crosswind-induced fatigue caused by vortex shedding. Based on these considerations, this paper proposes a novel approach to evaluate the alongwind-induced fatigue of slender structures and structural elements. Starting from the procedure recently proposed by the authors, a hierarchy of hypotheses is introduced and critically discussed, which leads to a progressive simplification of the basic formulation. Two levels of formulae are derived, namely a closed form solution and an approximated closed form expression of the wind-induced damage; these represent a solid base from which to derive suitable methods for engineering calculations and standards. Application of the proposed solutions shows good agreement with numerical results.
Journal: Engineering Structures - Volume 31, Issue 10, October 2009, Pages 2414–2425