Research Article

Circumferential Expansion Property of Composite Wrapping System for Main Cable Protection of Suspension Bridge

Table 4

Results of circumferential expansion test of rubber belt test group.

GroupSpecimenCircumferential bearing capacity (kN)Average (kN)Radial displacement (mm)Average (mm)

G-1-R-XG-1-R-1100.5177.664.673.47
G-1-R-275.143.22
G-1-R-357.342.53

G-1-2R-1G-1-2R-185.573.82

G-2-R-XG-2-R-1138.82152.783.443.73
G-2-R-2140.943.43
G-2-R-3178.594.33

G-2-2R-1G-2-2R-1178.854.15

G-3-R-XG-3-R-1298.94283.434.604.39
G-3-R-2278.764.35
G-3-R-3272.594.22

G-3-2R-1G-3-2R-1304.764.70