Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges

A one-dimensional boundary layer model was combined with a routine to calculate surface temperatures on road bridges. Forced by reanalysis data for the year 2016, simulations were performed for two bridges 80 and 130 m in height, respectively. The results for each hour of the year were compared with...

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Main Author: Günter Gross
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2020-11-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2020/1040
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spelling doaj-2bc0fae404e148f19fe18bf199b1123c2020-12-01T16:40:53ZengBorntraegerMeteorologische Zeitschrift0941-29482020-11-0129649350010.1127/metz/2020/104094066Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridgesGünter GrossA one-dimensional boundary layer model was combined with a routine to calculate surface temperatures on road bridges. Forced by reanalysis data for the year 2016, simulations were performed for two bridges 80 and 130 m in height, respectively. The results for each hour of the year were compared with on-site observations. In addition to the annual variation in general, temperature extremes captured by the model were quite reasonable. Although hourly wind speeds above the bridge were calculated less perfectly, the few cases of simulated and observed maximum mean winds were in good agreement.http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2020/1040boundary layer modelbridgeroad surface temperaturewind on bridges
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author Günter Gross
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Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
Meteorologische Zeitschrift
boundary layer model
bridge
road surface temperature
wind on bridges
author_facet Günter Gross
author_sort Günter Gross
title Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
title_short Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
title_full Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
title_fullStr Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
title_full_unstemmed Numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
title_sort numerical simulation of meteorological hazards on motorway bridges
publisher Borntraeger
series Meteorologische Zeitschrift
issn 0941-2948
publishDate 2020-11-01
description A one-dimensional boundary layer model was combined with a routine to calculate surface temperatures on road bridges. Forced by reanalysis data for the year 2016, simulations were performed for two bridges 80 and 130 m in height, respectively. The results for each hour of the year were compared with on-site observations. In addition to the annual variation in general, temperature extremes captured by the model were quite reasonable. Although hourly wind speeds above the bridge were calculated less perfectly, the few cases of simulated and observed maximum mean winds were in good agreement.
topic boundary layer model
bridge
road surface temperature
wind on bridges
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2020/1040
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