Aeroelastic instability and wind-excited response of complex lighting poles and antenna masts

Nguyen, CH; Freda, A; Solari, G; Tubino, F

Abstract

This paper presents analytical and experimental investigations aimed at evaluating the aeroelastic instability and wind-excited response of slender vertical cantilever structures, in particular complex lighting poles and antenna masts with distributed eccentricities. The application of the methods herein presented to a real structure emphasizes the significance of aerodynamic eccentricities, upper vibration modes and coupling between the translational components of the motion. In such a framework, particular sets of the parameters and specific structural configurations may cause very low critical galloping velocities. Additionally, the hypothesis of polar symmetry commonly used in technical calculations may lead to relevant underestimations of the wind-excited response. From this point of view, this paper provides possible interpretations for a number of damage and collapses of this structural type without clear and suitable explanations.

Citation

Nguyen, C., Freda, A., Solari, G., & Tubino, F. (2015). Aeroelastic instability and wind-excited response of complex lighting poles and antenna masts. Engineering Structures, 85, 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.12.015

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 9, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Jan 7, 2015
• Publication Date: Feb 15, 2015
• Deposit Date: Mar 25, 2022
• Journal: Engineering Structures
• Print ISSN: 0141-0296
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Volume: 85
• Pages: 264-276
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.12.015
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2014.12.015
• Related Public URLs: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/engineering-structures/