Research Article

Passive Control System for Mitigation of Longitudinal Buffeting Responses of a Six-Tower Cable-Stayed Bridge

Table 7

Control effects using three sets of A, B, and C.

Criteria reduction factorSet A  kN⋅(s/m)0.52)Set B  kN⋅(s/m)0.58)Set C  kN⋅(s/m)0.77)

of tower number 1−34.25−17.49−1.76
of tower number 256.9555.5949.04
of tower number 3−7.47−0.41−4.32
of tower number 18.447.596.61
of tower number 246.4137.3327.92
of tower number 324.9219.2712.22
of tower number 15.807.435.55
of tower number 218.1416.0110.20
of tower number 323.7619.8612.59
in the middle of girder span between towers number 1 and number 212.8212.538.24
in the middle of girder span between towers number 2 and number 321.6718.6111.97
in the middle of girder span between towers number 3 and number 423.8919.7512.42