To explore the influence of bridge wind barriers, with their specific opening shapes and arrangements, on bridge deck wind fields and vehicle driving stability under different crosswinds, five bridge wind barrier schemes were designed. For two incoming wind speeds, the wind speed at different heights over three traffic lanes and the aerodynamic six-component force of the vehicle model were measured, and the influence of the wind barrier parameters on the vehicle driving stability was analyzed. The equivalent wind speed reduction coefficient of the wind barrier was compared with the dimensionless coefficients of the aerodynamic side force, roll moment, and aerodynamic lift to verify the accuracy of the shielding effect evaluation indices. The final conclusions provide a useful reference for designing bridge wind barriers.

To investigate the aerodynamic behavior of underbody structure in crosswind conditions, two numerical simulation models have been developed by using computational fluid dynamics method. First, to validate the accuracy of these models, the wind tunnel experiment of model with simplified flat underbody has been designed. The computationally predicted results of realizable k-e model show consistency with experimental data, and the correlation deviation of aerodynamic force is less than 10%. By using such model, the aerodynamic force and flow field of car under steady crosswind are simulated using underbody structure, and the influence on the aerodynamic characteristic has been analyzed. It can be found that the aerodynamic force increased significantly under different yaw angle. The physical mechanism response has been clearly shown by investigating the flow field around car body by vortices visualization technique. The results of this study can be served as a suggestion for studying the vehicle stability of high-speed under crosswind.

Understanding the crosswind stability of cars under strong wind loads and research on wind resistance methods is important for improving the safety performance of wind-induced driving on bridges. Taking van-body trucks as the research object, numerical calculation methods and wind tunnel test methods are used to conduct the wind-induced driving safety analyses of van trucks on a cross-sea bridge. The influence of the structural parameters of the barrier-type wind barrier on the aerodynamic characteristics and straight-line driving stability of the trucks on the bridge is studied and analyzed quantitatively. The results show that the decrease in the porosity of the wind barrier can effectively reduce the average wind speed of the bridge deck, and increasing the height of the wind barrier can effectively reduce the wind speed and increase the occlusion height of the bridge deck. The lateral acceleration, yaw rate, and lateral displacement of trucks decrease with the decrease in the porosity of the wind barrier and decrease with the increase in the height of the wind barrier. The research conclusions can not only provide data support for wind-induced driving safety analysis and the wind-resistant design of bridges but also provide a new method to balance the requirements of bridge wind-induced driving safety and bridge wind-induced structure safety.