ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a new approach to investigate the static response of cables subjected to self-weight and horizontal distributed loads. Two innovative strategies that coordinate transformation matrix and equivalent form of deformation compatibility equation of cable are proposed. Further, the three-dimensional problem that static reasons of cable under self-weight and horizontal loads is simplified to two 2-D problems by coordinate transformation matrix. Then, based on the theory of catenaty action, the equivalent form of deformation compatibility equation is used and the static response of cable is obtained. Finally, a comparison of the theoretical method in this paper and FEM analysis is presented, and shows that the theoretical method which proposed in this paper is valid.
