Computational mechanics research and support for aerodynamics and hydraulics at TFHRC year 1 quarter 4 progress report.

Lottes, S.A. ; Kulak, R.F. ; Bojanowski, C. (Energy Systems)

关键词: AERODYNAMICS;    CABLES;    COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION;    FLOODS;    FLUID MECHANICS;    FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;    HYDRAULICS;    PROGRESS REPORT;    SHOCK ABSORBERS;    STABILITY;    STEELS;    STORMS;    TRANSPORT;    US DOT;    WEATHERING;    WIND TUNNELS;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1031458
RP-ID  :  ANL/ESD/11-56
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1031458
Others  :  TRN: US201201%%724

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational structural mechanics (CSM) focus areas at Argonne's Transportation Research and Analysis Computing Center (TRACC) initiated a project to support and compliment the experimental programs at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) with high performance computing based analysis capabilities in August 2010. The project was established with a new interagency agreement between the Department of Energy and the Department of Transportation to provide collaborative research, development, and benchmarking of advanced three-dimensional computational mechanics analysis methods to the aerodynamics and hydraulics laboratories at TFHRC for a period of five years, beginning in October 2010. The analysis methods employ well-benchmarked and supported commercial computational mechanics software. Computational mechanics encompasses the areas of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Computational Wind Engineering (CWE), Computational Structural Mechanics (CSM), and Computational Multiphysics Mechanics (CMM) applied in Fluid-Structure Interaction (FSI) problems. The major areas of focus of the project are wind and water effects on bridges - superstructure, deck, cables, and substructure (including soil), primarily during storms and flood events - and the risks that these loads pose to structural failure. For flood events at bridges, another major focus of the work is assessment of the risk to bridges caused by scour of stream and riverbed material away from the foundations of a bridge. Other areas of current research include modeling of flow through culverts to assess them for fish passage, modeling of the salt spray transport into bridge girders to address suitability of using weathering steel in bridges, CFD analysis of the operation of the wind tunnel in the TFCHR wind engineering laboratory, vehicle stability under high wind loading, and the use of electromagnetic shock absorbers to improve vehicle stability under high wind conditions. This quarterly report documents technical progress on the project tasks for the period of July through September 2011.