Simple Program to Investigate Hysteresis Damping Effect of Cross-Ties on Cables Vibration of Cable-Stayed Bridges

<table>Second application: couple of interconnected cables, subject to traffic. (a) Given geometry and loading. (b) Crosssections of main cables and cross-tie. (c) Initial static analysis. (d) Parameters of dynamic analysis. (e), (f) Resulting time-histories of vertical displacements of centers of upper and lower cables. (g) Resulting time-history of axial force of cross-tie. (h) Resulting hysteresis stress-strain loops of the cross-tie.</table>

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Figure 4: Simple Program to Investigate Hysteresis Damping Effect of Cross-Ties on Cables Vibration of Cable-Stayed Bridges 