CABLE Connecttion
CABLE Connecttion
(OP)
Hi everybody,
Can anyone tell me how to model the joint of a cable stayed bridge at the top of the supporting tower where cable rests on a rolling saddle at the top of the tower.
This joint should transfer only (not horizontal load and bending moment)the vertical load from cable to tower
SHAKILDOR
Can anyone tell me how to model the joint of a cable stayed bridge at the top of the supporting tower where cable rests on a rolling saddle at the top of the tower.
This joint should transfer only (not horizontal load and bending moment)the vertical load from cable to tower
SHAKILDOR





RE: CABLE Connecttion
RE: CABLE Connecttion
Thanks for response,....can you please be more specific in your suggestion...simply making the frame connecting the tower top as cable still transfer horizontal component of cable to tower which creates a great moment at the base of the tower....so please advice
RE: CABLE Connecttion
If you assign frame releases such that the frame joint is 'free' in the horizontal direction(s), then there should be no resulting moment at the base from horizontal movement of the tower.
Does this answer your question? If not, please clarify further and explain why assignment of releases does not solve this problem for you
RE: CABLE Connecttion
Thanks ......it solved my problem.I relesed moment at both ends in frames representating cables and i released moments and shear in one end only of the frame representating tower
Shakil