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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 43, Number 1, July10 2012 , pages 53-70
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2012.43.1.053
 


Structural behavior of the suspen-dome structures and the cable dome structures with sliding cable joints
Hongbo Liu and Zhihua Chen

 
Abstract
    Sliding cable joints have been developed for the cable dome structures and the suspen-dome structures to reduce the cable pre-stressing loss and obtain a uniform inner force in each hoop cable. However, the relevant investigation is less addressed on the structural behavior of the cable dome structures and the suspen-dome structures with sliding cable joints due to the lack of analysis techniques. In this paper, a closed sliding polygonal cable element was established to analyze the structural behavior of the cable dome structures and the suspen-dome structures with sliding cable joints. The structural behaviors with sliding cable joints were obtained.
 
Key Words
    cable dome structures; suspen-dome structures; sliding cable joint; closed sliding polygonal cable element; structural behavior
 
Address
Hongbo Liu: Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Zhihua Chen: Department of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Structures and New Materials, Tianjin 300072, China
 

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