Revised engineering method for analysis of behavior of suspension bridge with rigid cables and some aspects of numerical modeling

Abstract

The main disadvantage of suspension bridges is their increased deformability. One of the ways of suspension systems stabilization is giving certain bending stiffness to the suspension cables. This paper presents a revised theoretical and numerical analysis of the suspension bridge with rigid cable. Also, taking into account the bridge erection process the revised simplified method for the stress-strain analysis of suspension bridge with rigid cables is presented. Comparison of theoretical and numerical results is given.