Replacement of Cable Stays in Yonghe Bridge in Tianjin, China

Table 2

Final cable adjustment scheme in Yonghe Bridge.

Construction sequence	Stay number	Cable force increment (kN)	Construction sequence	Stay number	Cable force increment (kN)
Step 1	SC9′	482	Step 8	SC11	343
	NC9′	677		NC11	347
Step 2	SC10′	605	Step 9	SC7	240
	NC10′	836		SC4′	259
Step 3	SC11′	601	Step 10	SC8′	202
	NC11′	617		SC8	266
Step 4	SC8′	735		NC8	151
	SC8	652		NC8′	186
	NC8	450	Step 11	SC7′	140
	NC8′	681		SC9	229
Step 5	SC6′	700		NC6	120
	SC6	748		NC7′	120
	NC6	548	Step 12	SC6′	150
	NC6′	640		SC6	150
Step 6	SC7′	595		NC6′	150
	NC7′	658	Step 13	NC4′	184
Step 7	SC5′	400		SC1	291
	SC5	206	Step 14	SC2	−137
	NC5	200
	NC5′	192

Note. A positive value shows an stressing increment, while a negative value shows a loosening increment.