Published: 01 December 2017

Study on wind resistance coefficient of double split wire arrangement

Ke Jian Ouyang1
Ming Cai Duan2
Ming Qiang Zhang3
Xiao Zhong Wu4
Li Hua Xiao5
1State Grid Hunan Electric Power Company Limited Research Institute, Changsha, 410007, China
2State Grid Chenzhou Power Supply Company, Chenzhou, 423000, China
3State Grid Hunan Power Grid Engineering Company, Hengyang, 421000, China
4, 5State Grid Hunan Electric Power Company Limited, Changsha, 410002, China
Corresponding Author:
Ke Jian Ouyang
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Abstract

Shape coefficients of a single traverse and twin branch lines are examined through wind tunnel experiments and numerical simulations under different angle of attacks and wind speeds. It was found that the shape coefficient at angle of attack equaling to 0 is obviously smaller than the others. And the effects of Reynolds number are also large. The numerical results give difference between cases reaching 20 %, however, the experimental ones only 1.17 %. It is because that the initial condition of CFD is idealized but the wind tunnel experiment is closer to the reality.

1. Introduction

Wire shape coefficients is an important parameters for the wire wind load calculation, design technical specification recommends adopting the empirical values, and whether there is interference effect in multi-split wires, the difference with empirical values needs to be further clarified. In this paper, shape coefficients of double split wire arrangement are studied. Wind tunnel experiments and CFD numerical simulations are carried out on double split wire respectively.

2. Wire shape coefficients wind tunnel experiment

Wire experiment tests shape coefficients of a single traverse and twin branch lines respectively. The working conditions of a single traverse experiment are divided into four parts:1) uniform flow field measurement under 10 m/s wind speed; 2) uniform flow field measurement under 20 m/s wind speed; 3) turbulent flow field measurement under 10 m/s wind speed;4) turbulent flow field measurement under 20 m/s wind speed. Wind direction of twin branch lines varies from 0 degrees to 90 degrees, with a change of 10 degrees per interval. The definition of wind direction is shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 1Schematic diagram of inflow wind direction angle of double split wires

Schematic diagram of inflow wind direction angle of double split wires

a) 0°

Schematic diagram of inflow wind direction angle of double split wires

b) 30°

Schematic diagram of inflow wind direction angle of double split wires

c) 90°

The length of different test model is about 80 cm, and the installation of the processed well wires in wind tunnel is shown in Fig. 2. When installed in wind tunnel, the wires model is fixed on the balance by the base. In order to avoiding the test accuracy is affected through fixed base bears wind load directly, above the fixed base, the circular plate and diversion slope are used to cover the force measuring balance base and connecting member.

Fig. 2Installation schematic diagram of wire model in wind tunnel: a) single wire, b) double wire

Installation schematic diagram of wire model in wind tunnel: a) single wire, b) double wire

a)

Installation schematic diagram of wire model in wind tunnel: a) single wire, b) double wire

b)

Shape coefficients comparison of the wire tested in uniform flow field and turbulent flow field is shown in Table 2. It can be seen that the shape coefficients of single wire under 10 % turbulence level measured by wind tunnel test is smaller than that under uniform flow field, overall smaller about 1 %-5 %.

Table 2Comparison of shape coefficients of wire under uniform flow and turbulent flow

Wind speed (m/s)
Cd single wire Cd
Deviation (%)
Uniform flow
Turbulent flow
10
1.1486
1.1353
1.16
20
0.972
0.9196
5.4

3. CFD simulation calculation of wire shape coefficients

3.1. Mesh generation

In this project, O-type grid is adopted to deal with boundary grid. In order to ensure the dimensionless height of wall y+ 1, the first layer grid of near wall must be estimated before calculation. In order to meet this requirement, we can calculate the height of the first boundary layer before dividing grid by the following formula:

1
Δy=αy+×L0.125×μ0.8750.199×V0.875×ρ0.875,

where y is the height of the first boundary layer grid needed, and the value of this section is 1. The grid growth rate of the calculation is 1.15, and the number of grids is 25000, the grid distribution is shown in Fig. 3 to Fig. 5.

Fig. 3Grid distribution diagram of a single traverse

Grid distribution diagram of a single traverse

Fig. 4Grid distribution diagram of series twin branch lines

Grid distribution diagram of series twin branch lines

Fig. 5Grid distribution diagram of parallel twin branch lines

Grid distribution diagram of parallel twin branch lines

3.2. Calculation conclusion

At the time of analysis, the aerodynamic time history of the whole coordinate system X, Y and Z is directly output, so it can be directly transformed into the mean aerodynamic force coefficient under the whole coordinate system (body axis). Define the ratio of shape coefficients of a single traverse to coefficient of multi-split wires to indicate proportional relationship between drag resistance of multi-split wires and a single traverse under the same wind speed, following formula:

2
λcd=resistance coefficient of multi split wiresresistance coefficient of a single traverse.

Table 3Wire shape coefficient table

Wire type
Wind speed (m/s)
Inflow condition
Wire
Cd
λcd
A single traverse
10
Non turbulent flow
\
1.16
\
Turbulent flow
\
0.82
\
Series twin branch lines
10
Non turbulent flow
1#
1.18
1.02
2#
0.21
0.21
Turbulent flow
1#
0.84
1.03
2#
0.73
0.72
Parallel twin branch lines
10
Non turbulent flow
1#
1.17
1.01
2#
1.17
1.16
Turbulent flow
1#
0.82
1.00
2#
0.82
0.82

4. Conclusions

In this paper, the wind tunnel experiments on shape coefficients of a single traverse and twin branch lines are carried out, and the CFD simulation is compared and analyzed, so the following conclusions are obtained:

1) The shape coefficient at angle of attack equaling to 0 is obviously smaller than the others, because the shielding effect of upstream wire to downstream wire is the most obvious at angle of attack equaling to 0, and that almost disappeared at angle of attack equaling to 10; The shape coefficient of twin branch lines under 20 m/s wind speed is smaller than that under 10 m/s wind speed, which is consistent with the test result of a single traverse, mainly because of the change of Reynolds number caused by the change of wind speed.

2) Comparing the wire shape coefficient measured by wind tunnel experiment and that calculated by numerical CFD can be seen, 10 m/s wind speed, the shape coefficients deviation of a single traverse measured by wind tunnel experiment under different flow fields is 1.17 %, and the calculated deviation of CFD value reached 20 %, in other conditions, there are different degrees deviation.

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About this article

Received
07 November 2017
Accepted
16 November 2017
Published
01 December 2017
SUBJECTS
Flow induced structural vibrations
Keywords
twin branch lines
shape coefficient
wind tunnel
numerical simulation