Gl. Larose et Fm. Livesey, PERFORMANCE OF STREAMLINED BRIDGE DECKS IN RELATION TO THE AERODYNAMICS OF A FLAT-PLATE, Journal of wind engineering and industrial aerodynamics, 71, 1997, pp. 851-860
The aerodynamics of three modern bridge decks are compared to the aero
dynamics of a 16:1 flat plate. The comparisons are made on the basis o
f the analytical evaluation of the performance of each cross-section t
o the buffeting action of the wind. In general, the closed-box girders
studied in this paper showed buffeting responses similar to a flat pl
ate with the exception of the multi-box girder which performed much be
tter aerodynamically.