Low velocity water flow energy harvesting using vortex induced vibration and galloping

W Sun, D Zhao, T Tan, Z Yan, P Guo, X Luo - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The oceans, seas, rivers and channels store abundant renewable low velocity flow energy
but without large-scale exploitation. For energy harvesting, the vortex induced vibration (VIV) …

A review on low-cost microwave Doppler radar systems for structural health monitoring

DVQ Rodrigues, C Li - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Portable, low-cost, microwave radars have attracted researchers' attention for being an
alternative noncontact solution for structural condition monitoring. In addition, by leveraging …

Measurement of unsteady aerodynamic force on a galloping prism in a turbulent flow: a hybrid aeroelastic-pressure balance

Z Chen, KT Tse, KCS Kwok, A Kareem, B Kim - Journal of Fluids and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel hybrid aeroelastic-pressure balance (HAPB) technique for the
measurement of unsteady aerodynamic force on a galloping prism. HAPB wind tunnel tests …

Experimental verification of the effectiveness of elastic cross-ties in suppressing wake-induced vibrations of staggered stay cables

X He, C Cai, Z Wang, H Jing, C Qin - Engineering Structures, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, two pairs of cable models were specially designed and tested to
reproduce wake induced vibration (WIV) of stay cables in a wind tunnel. The interaction …

Wind-induced displacement analysis for a traffic light structure based on a low-cost Doppler radar array

DVQ Rodrigues, D Zuo, C Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study is concerned with the analysis of the displacement measurements simultaneously
retrieved from multiple Doppler radars placed at different positions of a traffic light's mast …

Nonlinear dynamics of a base-isolated beam under turbulent wind flow

S Di Nino, A Luongo - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
A homogeneous continuous viscoelastic beam, describing the dynamics of a base-isolated
tower, exposed to a uniformly distributed turbulent wind flow, is studied. The beam is …

Combined approach for optimal sensor placement and experimental verification in the context of tower-like structures

I Reichert, P Olney, T Lahmer - Journal of Civil Structural Health …, 2021 - Springer
When it comes to monitoring of huge structures, main issues are limited time, high costs and
how to deal with the big amount of data. In order to reduce and manage them, respectively …

Effects of damping and helical fillets on galloping vibration of stay cable installed with a rectangular lamp

M An, S Li, Z Chen - Advances in Structural Engineering, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Lamps attached on the stay cable can change the stable circular cross-section of the stay
cable, which is easy to cause galloping vibration. Stay cables of the Kuipu bridge in the …

[HTML][HTML] Wind tunnel tests of a hexadecagonal cylinder with imperfections and ancillaries: aerodynamic characterization and technical discussion

A Orlando, L Pagnini, MP Repetto - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates and discusses the aerodynamic properties of a 16-sided polygonal
cylinder with imperfections and ancillaries investigated by wind tunnel tests. Two sectional …

Evaluation of aerodynamic damping in full-scale rain-wind-induced stay cable vibration

J Hua, D Zuo - Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Rain-wind-induced vibration of stay cables has been a long-standing problem for cable-
stayed bridges. Despite the numerous full-scale and laboratory studies conducted to …