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Parametric Study on Safety Factor for Cable Slip in Four-span Suspension Bridges

 Parametric Study on Safety Factor for Cable Slip in Four-span Suspension Bridges
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Presented at 18th IABSE Congress: Innovative Infrastructures – Towards Human Urbanism, Seoul, Korea, 19-21 September 2012, published in , pp. 1560-1567
DOI: 10.2749/222137912805112158
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Multi-span suspension bridges have many advantages with respect to constructability, cost and aesthetic aspect, compared to 3-span suspension bridges, because the number of anchorages can be reduce...
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Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: 18th IABSE Congress: Innovative Infrastructures – Towards Human Urbanism, Seoul, Korea, 19-21 September 2012
Published in:
Page(s): 1560-1567 Total no. of pages: 8
Page(s): 1560-1567
Total no. of pages: 8
DOI: 10.2749/222137912805112158
Abstract:

Multi-span suspension bridges have many advantages with respect to constructability, cost and aesthetic aspect, compared to 3-span suspension bridges, because the number of anchorages can be reduced. However, there are not enough design experiences for such bridge type so that various studies for multi-span suspension bridge must be carried out. Especially, the slip between cable and saddle on the top of middle pylon is one of the most important factors in the design phase.

In this paper, parametric analyses were performed to examine the variation of safety factor for cable slip according to design variables, such as sag ratio, stiffness of middle pylon and girder for 4-span suspension bridge. Eventually, the followings were obtained.

As the sag ratio or the stiffness of middle pylon decreases, the safety factor for cable slip increased. When the self-weight of stiffening girder increased, the safety factor also increased.

Keywords:
multi-span suspension bridges cable slip stiffness of middle pylon