Effect of stabilizer on flutter stability of truss girder suspension bridges

An aerodynamic optimization measure of the flutter stability of long-span suspension bridges with truss girder is presented in this paper. At first, the improvement of several kinds of central stabilizers and horizontal stabilizers on flutter stability is examined through series of section model and full aeroelastic model wind tunnel tests. Subsequently, the flutter derivatives of the truss girder with and without stabilizer are identified based on two degrees of freedom coupling free vibration method. Furthermore, based on the identified flutter derivatives, the critical flutter velocities of the truss girder section with and without stabilizer are analyzed through two dimensional flutter analysis method and the critical flutter velocities of the full bridge with and without stabilizer are analyzed through three dimensional method. Afterwards, the influence of each flutter derivative on the flutter stability of the truss girder is investigated. The results indicate that central upper stabilizer can effectively increase the critical flutter velocity of the truss girder. In contrast, the central lower stabilizer and horizontal stabilizer have less influence. Setting up central upper stabilizer leads to an obvious decrease in the value of the flutter derivatives A2* and H2*, while the flutter derivatives H1*, H4*, A1* and A3* are little influenced. The two dimensional and three dimensional flutter analysis results agree well with the sectional model and full model wind tunnel test results respectively.

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