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Wind and Structures Volume 35, Number 2, August 2022 , pages 93-108 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2022.35.2.093 |
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Wind tunnel tests on wind loads acting on steel tubular transmission towers under skewed wind |
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Fengli YANG and Huawei NIU
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| Abstract | ||
| Steel tubular towers are commonly used in UHV and long crossing transmission lines. By considering effects of the model scale, the solidity ratio and the ratio of the mean width to the mean height, wind tunnel tests under different wind speeds on twenty tubular steel tower body models and twenty-six tubular steel cross-arm models were completed. Drag coefficients and shielding factors of the experimental tower body models and cross-arm models in wind directional axis for typical skewed angles were obtained. The influence of the lift forces on the skewed wind load factors of tubular steel tower bodies was evaluated. The skewed wind load factors, the wind load distribution factors in transversal and longitudinal direction were calculated for the tubular tower body models and cross-arm models, respectively. Fitting expressions for the skewed wind load factors of tubular steel bodies and cross-arms were determined through nonlinear fitting analysis. Parameters for skewed wind loads determined by wind tunnel tests were compared with the regulations in applicable standards. Suggestions on the drag coefficients, the skewed wind load factors and the wind load distribution factors were proposed for tubular steel transmission towers. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| Reynolds number; skewed wind; transmission tower; tubular steel; wind tunnel test | ||
| Address | ||
| Fengli YANG:China Electric Power Research Institute, Xicheng District, Beijing 100055, China Huawei NIU:Wind Engineering Research Center, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, Hunan Province, China | ||