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Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) KU Chapter

Seminar: Wind Effects on Long-span Cable-supported Bridges Based on Structural Health Monitoring

Hao Wang, PhD

Professor, School of Civil Engineering

Southeast University, Nanjing, China

Thursday, April 27, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

LEEP2 Room 2425

Abstract 

Extreme wind events, e.g., typhoon/hurricane, tornado, and downburst, have become more and more violent in recent decades. The urgent need to improve the safety and serviceability of civil structures under extreme wind events facilitates the research about wind effects on structures, especially for slender structures such as long-span bridges. This seminar presents the speaker's past and recent work related to the wind effects on long-span cable-supported bridges assisted with the structural health monitoring technique as a media that provides valuable field data. Three aspects of research are included in the presentation: 1) boundary wind characteristics from both stationary and non=stationary perspectives; 2) identification of structural performance considering ambient effects; 3) modeling of nonlinear buffeting responses with fast simulation of turbulence. The presentation will also cover potential future opportunities in bridge wind engineering. 

Biography

Dr. Hao Wang is a Professor of Southeast University, China. His research mainly focuses on Bridge engineering with particular emphasis on wind effects, structural health monitoring, and seismic analysis of long-span bridges. His research has been supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has published more than 80 research papers, including journal papers published on ASCE Journal of Wind Engineering & Industrial Aerodynamics, Engineering Structures, etc. He also authored 32 patents and 2 software programs. Dr. Wang has received many awards such as the National Science and Technology Progress Award (second class), Science and Technology Progress Award of Jinagsu Province (first class), National Patent award, etc.