Wind-excited vibrations of structures (Q5906534)

[The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.] The book contains lecture notes presented during the course of the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences in Udine. The goal of the lectures was to show how susceptibility of a structure to wind excited vibrations can be assessed in the early stages of design and to determine what measures are effective for control of preventing vibrations. The reader can find ``Fundamentals of wind engineering'' with basic equations of fluid dynamics for turbulent flow, flow around bluff bodies, fundamentals of structural dynamics and model experiments of the interaction of a wind field and a structure. Five lecture notes are devoted to special excitation mechanisms, galloping, vortex excited vibrations, gust-excited vibrations, flutter and torsional instability, and interference effects. In ``Transverse galloping oscillations'' it is shown that aerodynamic coefficients from experiments in steady flow can be applied to the calculation of the stability of a system and that turbulence plays an important role. In ``Vortex excited vibrations'', a mathematical model for the prediction of these vibrations and for the use in engineering practice is presented and the effect of aerodynamic devices is explained. In ``Gust-excited vibrations'' the mathematical models for the dynamic along wind, crossword and torsional responses of structures are given. The next text entitled ``Flutter and torsional instability'' concerns road decks of long bridges. The analytical framework for analysis of the response is discussed and aerodynamic approaches for improving the aerodynamic stability are presented. Since severe problems arise as a result of close spacing between parallel, slender structures such as stacks, towers overhead electrical power cables, the next lecture ``interference and proximity effects'' is devoted to analytical considerations of these problems as well as studies from wind tunnel and full wind scale observations. The last text ``Damping measures to control wind-induced vibrations'' gives the possibilities of passive and active control of structures in civil engineering. Advantages and disadvantages of systems from the engineering point of view are considered.