A First Approach to Optimum Design of Cable-Supported Bridges Using Load Path Method
Author(s): |
Fabrizio Palmisano
Amedeo Vitone Claudia Vitone |
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Medium: | journal article |
Language(s): | English |
Published in: | Structural Engineering International, November 2008, n. 4, v. 18 |
Page(s): | 412-420 |
DOI: | 10.2749/101686608786455270 |
Abstract: |
Born as a method to design strut-and-tie models in reinforced concrete structures, the load path method (LPM) shows its effectiveness in the easy perception of the physical behaviour of a structure, from its global behaviour to the most accurate details. In this paper, starting from the interpretation of cable-supported bridge behaviour using LPM, two different approaches are proposed for the shape optimum design of this particular type of bridges. |