Numerical Analysis of the Non-linear Dynamic Behaviour of Suspended Cables Under Turbulent Wind Excitation

In this paper, a numerical procedure is presented for the dynamic analysis of elastic cables subjected to turbulent wind excitation in quasi-steady conditions. The proposed methodology, which takes geometrical and aerodynamic non-linearities into account, is based on artificial simulation of turbulence, on finite-element modeling of the cables and on a step-by-step implicit procedure for the integration of the dynamic equilibrium equations. As a first application, the dynamic behaviour of a cable in 1 : 2 internal resonance conditions is studied, focusing on some aspects of the influence of wind turbulence on galloping oscillations.