ABSTRACT
Regarding design of cable-stayed bridges, cable breakage must be considered as one of the significant events. Therefore, sudden loss of cables is normally considered when a new bridge is designed or built. On the other hand, aging of bridges is getting considerable in recent world. Especially some bridges built during 80s and 90s showed some unexpected damages such as corrosion of cables. Therefore, cable breakage of these old bridges also must be considered. In this study, hypothetical cable-stayed bridge is designed to investigate the possible chain reaction considering and not considering cable corrosion. Also, a new analysis method of chain reaction, which can include the dynamic response, is suggested.
