Abstract:In order to study the wind-induced vibration performance of free-standing irregular pylon of long-span cable-stayed bridge at different wind angles, a double-plane cable-stayed bridge with a span of 480 m is selected as the engineering background. The wind-induced vibration response of the free-standing bridge pylon in uniform flow field and turbulent flow field is measured by the aeroelastic model wind tunnel test with scale ratio of 1∶60. The test results show that the galloping phenomenon will not occur in the galloping test wind speed range of the bridge pylon, and the significant forward bridge vortex-induced vibration will occur at the wind angles of 0°, 3°, 5° and 10°. In the turbulence flow field, the buffeting response of the bridge pylon increases with the increase of wind speed, and the forward bridge buffeting response is greater than the cross bridge buffeting response. In addition, the comfort indexes of the construction personnel are evaluated at the free-standing bridge pylon state by calculating the motion acceleration at the top of the pylon. The results show that the maximum motion acceleration of the pylon top is 0.26 m/s2, and the comfort indexes meet the requirements of Chinese specifications.