SUSPENDER TENSION METHOD FOR BRIDGE ANALYSIS

THE METHOD PRESENTED IS A MODIFICATION OF THE DEFLECTION THEORY AND IS BASED ON THE RECOGNITION OF EACH INDIVIDUAL SUSPENDER WITH ITS TENSION AND STRETCH, AND THE HORIZONTAL DISPLACEMENTS OF THE CABLE PANEL POINTS. THE PROCEDURE, ADAPTED TO ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS, DEALS WITH THE SOLUTION OF PROBLEMS FOR SUSPENSION BRIDGES WITH SIMPLY SUPPORTED TRUSSES. IT SIMPLIFIES THE STUDY OF SECONDARY EFFECTS SUCH AS SUSPENDER INCLINATION TOGETHER WITH THE RESULTING VARIATION TO THE HORIZONTAL COMPONENT OF THE CABLE TENSION, VARIABLE MOMENT OF INERTIA ALONG THE TRUSS, THE TRUSS SHEAR, ELONGATION OF SUSPENDERS, AND TOWER MOTION. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 93,no ST5,PROC PAPER 5541,PP 567-598
• Authors:
  • Janiszewski, T
• Publication Date: 1967-10

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Structural Division
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Cables; Computers; Deflection; Dislocation (Geology); Moments of inertia; Shear strength; Structural design; Suspension bridges; Tension; Towers; Trusses
• Old TRIS Terms: Moment of inertia
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208374
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 16 1994 12:00AM