Research Article

An Adjustment Method for the Suspender Tension of CFSTTTHAB Based on Influence Matrix of Single Suspender

Table 2

Original suspender tension after closure.

Number of suspendersMeasured suspender tension after closure (kN)Designed suspender tension at completion state (kN)Relative difference
UpstreamDownstreamUpstream (%)Downstream (%)

1226.9212442.7−48.75−52.11
2883.6818.545395.0680.68
3556.7631.1580.9−4.178.64
4447.5455.7519.4−13.84−12.26
5495.8549.3496.8−0.2010.57
6483.3456.9489.6−1.29−6.68
7478.7486.6490.3−2.37−0.75
8460.3486.9492−6.44−1.04
9456.8428.6492.7−7.29−13.01
10511.4492.1492.43.86−0.06
11534.6514.3491.38.814.68
12518.7532.8491.15.628.49
13554.2514.8493.412.324.34
14502.2460.7495.21.41−6.97
15448.6398.2495.6−9.48−19.65
16491.2476.2492.9−0.34−3.39
17408.1452.6485.1−15.87−6.70
18620.3654.147829.7736.84
19442.8423.1485.1−8.72−12.78
20463.3414.2492.9−6.01−15.97
21458.6445.9495.6−7.47−10.03
22493.1508.2495.2−0.422.63
23492.7502.2493.4−0.141.78
24481481491.1−2.06−2.06
25470.8464.2491.3−4.17−5.52
26486.2506.1492.4−1.262.78
27596.7548.1492.721.1111.24
28468.1532492−4.868.13
29402.5382.4490.3−17.91−22.01
30486555.9489.6−0.7413.54
31374.1368.3496.8−24.70−25.87
32528.5543.1519.41.754.56
33667693580.914.8219.30
34502.3451.545310.88−0.33
35410.4422.8442.7−7.30−4.50