THE SUSPENDED ELASTIC CABLE UNDER THE ACTION OF VERTICAL CONCENTRATED LOADS

This investigation treats the static response of a single elastic cable which is suspended between two points that are not necessarily at the same level. The cable is loaded by its self-weight and any number of concentrated vertical loads which may be arbitrarily placed along its length. The analysis presented uses a lagrangian approach. For the strained cable profile, the tension and displacements are given as functions of a single lagrangian co-ordinate. A specific application of the general analysis is made and compared with a simple experiment. (A) /TRRL/

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Irvine, H M
  • Sinclair, G B
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 309-317
• Serial:
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0020-7683

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cables; Lagrangian functions; Loads; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Mineral dislocations; Statics; Suspension bridges; Suspension cables; Tension
• Uncontrolled Terms: Static response; Vertical; Vertical loads
• ITRD Terms: 6471: Analysis (math); 4530: Cable; 5567: Load; 6473: Mathematical model; 3476: Suspension bridge; 5502: Tension; 9087: Vertical
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00138996
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 17 1976 12:00AM