Dynamisk responsanalyse på Light*House på baggrund af aerodynamisk vindmodellering
Student thesis: Master Thesis and HD Thesis
- Per Kjærsgaard Andersen
- Phu Do Tran
4. term, Structural and Civil Engineering, Master (Master Programme)
In this project the dynamic response of Light*House due to wind
loads has been investigated. This includes the modeling of the
carrying and stabilizing structure, the ground and the wind load.
The structure is modeled by means of the finite element method.
First a beam representation based on Bernoulli Euler finite
elements is introduced. This model has been programmed by the
project group itself and can to a large extend be configured to
represent a given three‐dimensional structure. In this regard it
has been investigated what the influence of the mass modeling
of the floor decks is in terms of lumped masses versus equally
distributed masses. After this the structure has been modeled by
means of plate finite elements in Abaqus where eigenmodes and
–frequencies has been determined. This model is introduced in
order to explore what the more realistic plate model means to
the results in terms of stiffness and mass distribution.
The windload has been modeled by means of two different
approaches. First the main purpose has been to introduce a load
model which is directly dependent on the response of the
structure. The choice of load model is the Wake model, which
has been developed to predict forces caused by current on
offshore pipelines. Therefore this model has little physical
justification for high rise buildings like Light*House. After this a
two‐dimensional CFD model has been used to investigate how
different physical aspects influence the load series on the
structure. Here it has been explored which main components the
windload consists of. This has been done for both a circular
crosssection and a parallelogram. The results of these analyses
has been calibrated to mathematical expressions and
implemented in the computer program developed by the project
group.
The interaction between the structure and the ground has been
modeled infinitively stiff. After this it has been attempted to
implement the so‐called Lumped Parameter Model which models
the impedance of the ground by means of discrete mechanical
systems. Unfortunately this has not been achieved due to lack of
time in the last days of the project period. The documentation of
the theories used in LPM has been included in the thesis,
however.
Language | Danish |
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Publication date | 2008 |
Number of pages | 151 |
Publishing institution | AAU, byggeri og anlæg |