Determination of initial cable forces in
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D.W. Chen; F.T.K. Au; L.G. Tham; P.K.K. Lee
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The determination of initial cable forces in a prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge for a given vertical pro®le of deck under its dead load is an important but dicult task that aects the overall design of the bridge. A new method utilizing the idea of force equilibrium is presented in this paper