Application of structural control systems for the cables of cable-stayed bridges: state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice

A Javanmardi, K Ghaedi, F Huang, MU Hanif… - … Methods in Engineering, 2022 - Springer
Stay cables are one of the key elements of cable-stayed bridges and are characterized by
lightweight, low inherent damping, and high flexibility. They are continuously subjected to …

Stay cable vibration mitigation: A review

L Sun, L Chen, H Huang - Advances in Structural …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Stay cables in cable-stayed bridges are subjected to various types of dynamic excitation
mechanisms under environmental loads. The excited vibrations can have a large amplitude …

Dynamic behavior and damping enhancement of cable with negative stiffness inerter damper

H Gao, H Wang, J Li, J Mao, Z Wang - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
To improve the control performance of stay cables, a novel negative stiffness inerter damper
(NSID) that consists of a negative stiffness device in parallel with an eddy current inerter …

Optimum design of viscous inerter damper targeting multi-mode vibration mitigation of stay cables

H Gao, H Wang, J Li, Z Wang, R Liang, Z Xu, Y Ni - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Installation of transverse dampers near the cable-deck anchorage is a commonly used
method for the vibration mitigation of stay cables. Recent studies have demonstrated that the …

Cables interconnected with tuned inerter damper for vibration mitigation

L Sun, D Hong, L Chen - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Cables in cable-stayed bridges are susceptible to vibrations induced by wind, wind/rain and
indirectly by bridge tower and deck vibrations. It is common practice nowadays to …

Damping of a stay cable with two eddy‐current inertial mass dampers: theoretical analysis, experimental study, and parameter optimization

Z Wang, Z Cheng, H Wang, F Yue… - Structural Control and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have demonstrated that inerter‐based dampers exhibit superior performance
in mitigating cable vibration over conventional passive viscous dampers (VDs). This paper …

Vibration mitigation of stay cables using electromagnetic inertial mass dampers: Full-scale experiment and analysis

Y Li, W Shen, H Zhu - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Previous numerical study has shown tremendous improvements in increasing the modal
damping of bridge stay cables using inerter-based dampers. This article presents an …

The negative stiffness electromagnetic tuned inerter damper for damping enhancement of stay cables

H Gao, Z Wang, J Jia, Z Cheng - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Long stay cables may be subject to vortex-and rain-wind-induced vibrations. To suppress
the two types of vibrations simultaneously, integrating the advantages of negative stiffness …

Optimization of hybrid cable networks with dampers and cross-ties for vibration control via multi-objective genetic algorithm

F Di, L Sun, L Chen - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 2022 - Elsevier
For long-span cable-stayed bridges, interconnecting adjacent cables using cross-ties and
connecting each cable to bridge deck become a promising solution for cable vibration …

In‐plane dynamic behaviors of two‐cable networks with a pretensioned cross‐tie

F Di, L Sun, L Chen - Structural Control and Health Monitoring, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Connecting cables with cross‐ties to form a cable network is a viable solution for
suppressing cable vibrations. The cross‐ties need to be pretensioned to prevent them from …