Modelling the Airflow at the Clifton Suspension Bridge site
A significant part of the 3rd year of my course consisted in an individual research project which was conducted during 9 months. My work was supervised by Dr Xie, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Computational modelling group at the University of Southampton whom I wish to thank for his advice and guidance. During the course of the project I was able to meet key industrial personallities which helped carry my work to the UK Wind Engineering Conference (WES 2016) were I subsequently presented my finding in September 2016 (see my post here).
Project Scope
Suspension bridges are commonly perceived as impressive and robust structures. However, these are highly prone to wind effects due to their long deck spans which can lead to catastrophic failures. Built in the 1860s, the Clifton Suspension Bridge (Bristol, UK) has impressed by its durability compared to other suspension bridges built in the same period. The purpose of this study is to obtain a validated CFD model of the airflow at the Bridge location to determine the terrain’s effect for different wind cases.
Methodology
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Findings
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What I took away from this project
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