Research Article

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

Table 4

Value comparison between measured and designed suspender tension at completion state.

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

1463.8450.3442.74.761.71
2477.2479.5453.05.335.85
3615.1591.4580.95.891.82
4515.6525.1519.4−0.741.09
5489.7514.7496.8−1.433.60
6471.5466.7489.6−3.70−4.67
7486.0482.6490.3−0.88−1.58
8463.2465.0492.0−5.86−5.48
9496.8479.3492.70.84−2.72
10506.8501.4492.42.921.83
11521.7498.6491.36.191.49
12462.6484.9491.1−5.81−1.26
13495.3493.7493.40.380.06
14488.8475.7495.2−1.28−3.94
15478.1488.6495.6−3.52−1.40
16475.6471.4492.9−3.51−4.35
17463.3478.1485.1−4.49−1.43
18477.5465.4478.0−0.11−2.63
19461.8486.9485.1−4.800.37
20501.1494.5492.91.660.32
21474.2480.5495.6−4.32−3.04
22470.7485.0495.2−4.94−2.07
23480.1495.8493.4−2.690.49
24490.0474.1491.1−0.23−3.47
25499.4476.5491.31.65−3.02
26508.8497.8492.43.331.09
27478.9468.4492.7−2.80−4.92
28468.3482.2492.0−4.82−2.00
29492.3500.1490.30.402.00
30475.3487.5489.6−2.92−0.44
31472.5469.4496.8−4.88−5.52
32507.4508.0519.4−2.31−2.19
33574.8602.0580.9−1.053.62
34469.5478.1453.03.635.53
35462.3470.6442.74.426.31