Research Article
Circumferential Expansion Property of Composite Wrapping System for Main Cable Protection of Suspension Bridge
Table 2
Results of circumferential expansion test.
| Specimen | Loading rate (mm (min)-1) | Time history (s) | Maximum circumferential bearing capacity (kN) | Radial displacement (mm) |
| G-1-X | | | | | G-1-1 | 2 | 85 | 74.18 | 3.24 | G-1-2 | 0.5 | 700 | 57.14 | 2.47 | G-1-3 | 0.5 | 912 | 83.57 | 3.53 | G-2-X | | | | | G-2-1 | 0.5 | 750 | 109.13 | 2.42 | G-2-2 | 0.5 | 798 | 120.46 | 2.87 | G-2-3 | 0.5 | 1156 | 189.54 | 3.78 | G-3-X | | | | | G-3-1 | 0.5 | 1414 | 340.52 | 5.22 | G-3-2 | 0.5 | 773 | 135.41 | 2.84 | G-3-3 | 0.5 | 960 | 216.92 | 3.33 | G-1-R-X | | | | | G-1-R-1 | 0.5 | 1392 | 100.51 | 4.67 | G-1-R-2 | 0.5 | 876 | 75.14 | 3.22 | G-1-R-3 | 0.5 | 742 | 57.34 | 2.53 | G-2-R-X | | | | | G-2-R-1 | 0.5 | 926 | 138.82 | 3.44 | G-2-R-2 | 0.5 | 679 | 140.94 | 3.43 | G-2-R-3 | 0.5 | 1148 | 178.59 | 4.33 | G-3-R-X | | | | | G-3-R-1 | 0.5 | 1257 | 298.94 | 4.60 | G-3-R-2 | 0.5 | 1216 | 278.76 | 4.35 | G-3-R-3 | 0.5 | 1200 | 272.59 | 4.22 | G-X-2R-1 | | | | | G-1-2R-1 | 0.5 | 791 | 85.75 | 3.82 | G-2-2R-1 | 0.5 | 1127 | 178.85 | 4.15 | G-3-2R-1 | 0.5 | 1333 | 304.76 | 4.70 |
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