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fiber-reinforced
Fj y
Fj x
L u, E, A, w
Ly
Fi y
plastics;
Fi x
Lx
I.
INTRODUCTION
III.
CABLES
This work presented herein has been supported by the Natural Science
Foundation of Shaanxi Province under grant number (SJ08E205). This support
is gratefully acknowledged.
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= 650
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100
200
300
400
500
From Fig. 2, it is seen that for long stay cable in low stress
level, CFRP stay cable can significantly reduce the cable sag.
Take the stay cable with Lx=536m for instance, when the cable
stress is as low as 200 MPa, the maximum vertical sags for
high-strength and CFRP stay cables are 17.0646, 3.5109
respectively. However, when the stress reaches up to 550 Mpa,
maximum vertical sags for these two are 6.3349, 1.2818
respectively.
B. Equivalent stiffness coefficient
For convenience, this paper defines equivalent stiffness
coefficient for the stay cable as the ratio between the stiffness
of the catenary cable element and the corresponding chord
element. And the stiffness of the chord element includes elastic
stiffness and geometric stiffness. The definition above is
equivalent to the so-called elastic modulus reduction factor,
which reflects the stiffness loss caused by the cable sag. The
greater the equivalent stiffness coefficient is, the smaller the
stiffness loss caused by the cable sag is and the closer the
stiffness of the cable element comes to the chord element.
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300
450
550
650
750
10
8
6
4
2
0
= 750
1.0
100
200
300
400
0.9
500
12
= 550
= 450
12
= 300
In order to compare the nonlinear properties between highstrength wire stay cables and CFRP ones, this paper also
calculates CFRP stay cables, for which =17.2 kN/m3, 1/5 the
bulk density of the former and E =1.5105 Mpa.
14
= 200
14
Stay cables used in Su Tong Bridge are made of highstrength wire. The cross area of cables vary from
0.004888~0.012046 m2 and the projections in direction x vary
from 8~536m. =86 kN/m3, E =1.95105Mpa. The weight of
the longest cable is about 60 t.
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16
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
100
=
=
=
=
=
=
200
300
450
550
650
750
200
300
400
500
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1.00
1.0
0.95
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
=
=
=
=
=
=
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300
450
550
650
750
0.90
0.85
0.80
0.75
=
=
=
=
=
=
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300
450
550
650
750
0.1
0.0
0.70
100
200
300
400
500
100
200
300
400
500
1.00
0.95
From Fig. 3, it is seen that for long stay cable in low stress
level, CFRP stay cable can significantly reduce stiffness loss
caused by cable sag. Take the stay cable with Lx=536m for
instance, when the cable stress is as low as 200 Mpa, vertical
equivalent stiffness coefficients for high-strength and CFRP
stay cables are 0.2205, 0.8921 respectively. However, when the
stress reaches up to 550 Mpa, vertical equivalent stiffness
coefficients for these two are 0.8452, 0.9942 respectively.
0.90
0.85
0.80
0.75
=
=
=
=
=
=
0.70
750
650
550
450
300
200
100
200
300
400
500
From Fig. 4, it is seen that for long stay cable in low stress
level, CFRP stay cable can significantly reduce the loss of
vertical component of cable force at girder end caused by cable
sag. Take the stay cable with Lx=536m for instance, when the
cable stress is as low as 200 Mpa, the equivalent coefficients of
Fjy for high-strength and CFRP stay cables are 0.7248, 0.9454
respectively. However, when the stress reaches up to 550 Mpa,
the equivalent coefficients for these two are 0.9008, 0.9802
respectively.
IV.
CONCLUSIONS
The comparisons of nonlinear properties between highstrength wire stay cables and CFRP ones show that because of
weight reduction, the sag of CFRP cable and the losses of cable
stiffness and bearing efficiency reduce greatly, especially for
long cable. So, CFRP stay cables have obvious advantages in
super long span cable-stayed bridges.
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