A parametric investigation of wind-induced cable fatigue

Engineering Structures

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3094-3105

  Cluni, Federico ^a   Gusella, Vittorio ^a   Ubertini, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial fatigue; Cycles counting; Nonlinear cables; Sag effects; Turbulent wind

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND EFFECTS;

AXIAL FATIGUE; NONLINEAR CABLES; SAG-EFFECTS;

CABLES;

CABLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WIND EFFECTS;

CABLE; DRAG; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RUPTURE; STOCHASTICITY; VIBRATION; WIND FIELD;

EID: 35448957153     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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