Determination of wire recovery length in steel cables and its practical applications

Computers and Structures

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 445-459

  Raoof, Mohammed ^a   Kraincanic, Ivana ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi layered spiral strand; Radial forces; Steel cables; Wire recovery length

Indexed keywords

CABLES; FATIGUE TESTING; FRICTION; STEEL; WIRE;

MULTILAYERED SPIRAL STRAND; STEEL CABLES; WIRE RECOVERY LENGTH;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032164738     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(98)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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