A Structural Analysis Method for Cable-Beam Composite Structure

Table 1

Results of iterative pretension losses compensation calculation after increasing beam’s outer diameter.

	The root mean square error of inner cablenet’s nodal displacements (mm)	The maximum nodal displacement of inner cablenet (mm)	The root mean square value of inner cablenet’s pretension differences (N)	The root mean square value of edge cablenet’s pretension differences (N)
Preset pretensions	0.08872	0.1566	0.5648	1.3035
The first iterative step	0.03892	0.06785	0.03701	0.06686
The second iterative step	0.03748	0.06590	0.03633	0.06746