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Flow characteristics and wind-sheltering performance of wind barriers with different diameters of holes on railway viaducts

Zhiqi Liu (Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track, Central South University, Changsha, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, Central South University, Changsha, China and National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University, Changsha, China)
Tanghong Liu (Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track, Central South University, Changsha, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, Central South University, Changsha, China and National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University, Changsha, China)
Hongrui Gao (Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track, Central South University, Changsha, China and Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore)
Houyu Gu (Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track, Central South University, Changsha, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, Central South University, Changsha, China and National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University, Changsha, China)
Yutao Xia (Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track, Central South University, Changsha, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, Central South University, Changsha, China and National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University, Changsha, China)
Bin Xu (Key Laboratory of Traffic Safety on Track, Central South University, Changsha, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Key Technology for Rail Traffic Safety, Central South University, Changsha, China and National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Safety Technology for Rail Vehicle, Central South University, Changsha, China)

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow

ISSN: 0961-5539

Article publication date: 4 August 2023

Issue publication date: 31 October 2023

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Abstract

Purpose

Constructing porous wind barriers is one of the most effective approaches to increase the running safety of trains on viaducts in crosswinds. This paper aims to further improve the wind-sheltering performance of the porous wind barriers.

Design/methodology/approach

Improved delayed detached eddy simulations based on the k-ω turbulence model were carried out, and the results were validated with wind tunnel tests. The effects of the hole diameter on the flow characteristics and wind-sheltering performance were studied by comparing the wind barriers with the porosity of 21.6% and the hole diameters of 60 mm–360 mm. The flow characteristics above the windward and leeward tracks were analyzed, and the wind-sheltering performance of the wind barriers was assessed using the wind speed reduction coefficients.

Findings

The hole diameters affected the jet behind the wind barriers and the recirculation region above the tracks. Below the top of the wind barriers, the time-averaged velocity first decreased and then increased with the increase in the hole diameter. The wind barrier with the hole diameter of 120 mm had the best wind-sheltering performance for the windward track, but such barrier might lead to overprotection on the leeward track. The wind-sheltering performance of the wind barriers with the hole diameters of 240 mm and 360 mm was significantly degraded, especially above the windward track.

Originality/value

The effects of the hole diameters on the wake and wind-sheltering performance of the wind barriers were studied, by which the theoretical basis is provided for a better design of the porous wind barrier.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2022RC3040) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2022JJ30727). This work was carried out in part using computing resources at the High Performance Computing Center of Central South University.

Citation

Liu, Z., Liu, T., Gao, H., Gu, H., Xia, Y. and Xu, B. (2023), "Flow characteristics and wind-sheltering performance of wind barriers with different diameters of holes on railway viaducts", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 33 No. 11, pp. 3748-3769. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-06-2023-0304

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