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Experimental study of vibration characteristics of FRP cables based on Long-Gauge strain

  • Xia, Qi (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University) ;
  • Wu, JiaJia (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University) ;
  • Zhu, XueWu (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University) ;
  • Zhang, Jian (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University)
  • Received : 2016.12.25
  • Accepted : 2017.06.02
  • Published : 2017.09.25
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Abstract

Steel cables as the most important components are widely used in the certain types of structures such as cable-supported bridges, but the long-span structures may result in an increase in fatigue under high stress and corrosion of steel cables. The traditional steel cable is becoming a more evident hindrance. Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) cables with lightweight, high-strength are widely used in civil engineering, but there is little research in vibrational characteristics of FRP cables, especially on the damping characteristic. This article studied the two methods to evaluate dynamical damping characteristic of basalt FRP(BFRP) and glass FRP(GFRP) cables. First, the vibration tests of the B/G FRP cables with different diameter and different cable force were executed. Second, the cables forces were calculated using dynamic strain, static strain and dynamic acceleration respectively, which were further compared with the measured force. Third, experimental modal damping of each cables was calculated by the half power point method, and was compared with the calculation by Rayleigh damping theory and energy dissipation damping theory. The results indicate that (1) The experimental damping of FRP cables decreases with the increase of cable force, and the trend of experimental damping changes is roughly similar with the theoretical damping. (2) The distribution of modal damping calculated by Rayleigh damping theory is closer to the experimental results, and the damping performance of GFRP cables is better than BFRP cables.

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Supported by : Chinese National Science Foundation

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