Abstract
The wind-induced vibration of
cables is the source of numerous fatigue
failures in strands of electric transmissionline
cables. At present, the emphasis in the
field is directed at reducing or eliminating
the amount of vibration by adding dampers
and vibration absorbers rather than at reducing
the induced stress in the cable by
rational design of the suspension system.
This paper is directed toward the evaluation
of factors affecting the actual stresses or
strains in a vibrating cable. The cable is
considered to have both flexural rigidity
and axial tension. Solutions for the bending
stress have been derived for the dynamic
case using the methods of standard beam
~ory. A static solution of the bending
.i"esses is presented using the standard
design criteria. The action of the suspension
clamp, in the dynamic solution, is
interpreted in terms of a factor t which is
introduced to represent how nearly the suspension
clamp approaches the pinned suspension
~ = 1, rather than a rigid suspension
~=0. The pinned suspension would
result in a point of zero reversed stress at
the suspension clamp.
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