Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University ›› 2012, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 1587-1593.

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Numerical Simulation of Wind-induced Vibrating Responses of  Typical Composited Spatial Membrane Structures  

 CHEN  Ya-Nan, CHEN  Yi-Ran, ZHOU  Dai, SUN  Ying-Hao, MA  Jin   

  1. (School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
  • Received:2012-01-16 Online:2012-10-30 Published:2012-10-30

Abstract: The numerical simulations of the wind-induced responses of the spatial membrane structures with mountain-like shape were investigated. The windinduced responses of the structure such as displacement, velocity and acceleration were numerically evaluated by considering various coming wind velocity and open-/closed-type topping caps. The obtained results show that the maximum structural displacements caused by the wind are almost identical for both structural systems with open-type and closed-type topping caps. For the structure with closed-type topping cap, the maximum acceleration is greater than that of the one with open-type one, whereas its transient amplification coefficient of structural displacement is smaller. With the increased wind velocity that falls within a certain range, it is also found that the vertical displacements of the structure with open-type topping cap increase while its transient amplification coefficient changes little. The current investigation in brief will be helpful for the wind-resistance design of this kind of spatial membrane structure.  

Key words: membrane structure, fluid-structure interaction, wind-induced responses, transient amplification coefficient of structural displacement