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5. Cable-stayed Bridge
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ANALYS: linear optimi parest

static. CONSTR: suppor. ELEMEN: beam box class1 l2tru l6ben truss. LOAD: elemen prestr weight . MATERI: elasti isotro. OPTION: direct groups units. POST: binary femvie. PRE: append. RESULT: displa total. ANALYS: linear static. CONSTR: suppor. ELEMEN: beam box class1 l2tru l6ben truss. LOAD: elemen force line prestr weight . MATERI: elasti isotro. OPTION: direct groups units. POST: binary femvie. RESULT: cauchy displa force moment stress total.

Figure 5.1: Idealized model This example illustrates some major aspects of the design process of a cable-stayed bridge. We will use a two-dimensional model of such a bridge as shown in Figure 5.1 (measures in meters). The bridge consists of a deck AB, simply supported at the ends and connected by ten stay cables to the top of a tower CD. The tower and the deck are not connected. The aim of this example is: Determine the prestress in the stays such that due to the dead weight the tower remains upright and the deck straight horizontal. Determine the influence line for the bending moment Mz in the deck at E if a concentrated traffic load F moves along the deck. Determine the stresses in the stay cables and the bending moments in the deck due to the combination of the distributed traffic load q and the permanent load.
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Subsections 5.1 Finite Element Model 5.1.1 Geometry Definition 5.1.2 Material and Physical Properties 5.1.3 Supports 5.1.4 Meshing 5.2 Prestress Optimization for Stays 5.2.1 Loading 5.2.2 Linear Static Analysis 5.2.3 Optimization Analysis 5.3 Permanent Load 5.3.1 Check via Linear Static Analysis 5.4 Influence Line for Mobile Force Load 5.4.1 Modifying the Model 5.4.2 Influence Analysis 5.4.3 Drawing the Influence Line 5.5 Combined Loading 5.5.1 Traffic Load 5.5.2 Linear Static Analysis 5.5.3 Deformation 5.5.4 Axial Stresses in Stays 5.5.5 Bending Moments

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