Recent evolution of cable-stayed bridges 斜拉桥的最新发展.pdfVIP

Engineering Structures 21 (1999) 737–755 Recent evolution of cable-stayed bridges Michel Virlogeux * 24 Rue de la Division Leclerc, Bonnelles 78830, France Abstract This paper aims to provide evidence of the rapid progress in cable-stayed bridges. The span record progressed rapidly during the last 10 years, passing from 465 to almost 900 m; it is now expected that 1200 m will be reached soon, if care is taken with regard to aerodynamic stability and dynamic response to turbulent wind, which can be now mastered. Cable vibrations, which have been extensively analysed in the last few years, can also be controlled by different types of countermeasures. However, cable- stayed bridges have also developed in directions other than very long spans: flexible decks, extradossed cables and multispan cable- stayed bridges which will certainly receive a wider development for large projects.  1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Cable-stayed bridges; Very long spans; Aerodynamic stability; Dynamic response to turbulent wind; Cable vibration; Flexible decks; Extradossed bridges; Multispan cable-stayed bridges 1. Introduction Engineers invented the concept of cable-stayed bridges very early on, at the same time as they began developing suspension bridges; however, with the col- lapse of the bridges built over the rivers Tweed and Saale, at the beginning of the 19th century, the idea was abandoned. Roebling and others later introduced some cable-stays in suspension bridges to reduce deform- ability, such as for the Brooklyn bridge, and some innov- ative suspension systems very close to those of ca