Aerodynamic damping of nonlinear movement of conductor cables in wind tunnel tests, numerical simulations and full scale measurements: Fid-Bau Portal

Aerodynamic damping of nonlinear movement of conductor cables in wind tunnel tests, numerical simulations and full scale measurements

Stengel, Dominik / Thiele, Klaus / Clobes, Mathias / Mehdianpour, Milad

Abstract

AbstractAerodynamic damping is a decisive parameter influencing the dynamic response of overhead transmission line conductors. Methods of how to account for the effects of aerodynamic damping differ significantly and so might do the results. In this work, the source of aerodynamic damping being the result of the relative velocity between the structure and wind flow will be revised. Based on wind tunnel tests and validated by simulations, the differences of linear movement compared to a pendulum movement of a sagging cable are shown. The reasons for that deviation are the large deflections, resulting in a movement non-parallel to the acting wind flow. For analysis in frequency domain, it is not possible to incorporate aerodynamic damping implicitly by fluid structure interaction. If the dynamic movement can be linearized at a working point of the mean deflection, a modification to the linear approach is suggested. This approach is validated by simulation with a finite element model of an existing overhead transmission line, calibrated with full scale measurements. Aerodynamic damping is incorporated in time step analysis by Rayleigh damping and modal damping. The differences between both approaches are emphasized and modal damping is shown to be the most adequate.

Highlights•Aerodynamic damping estimation for linear movement is adapted for the nonlinear movement of swaying overhead line conductors.•Results from full scale measurements and FEM simulations are compared.•Aerodynamic damping is shown to be better represented numerically using modal damping than using Rayleigh damping.