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.
| Group | Specimen | Circumferential bearing capacity (kN) | Average (kN) | Radial displacement (mm) | Average (mm) |
| G-1-R-X | G-1-R-1 | 100.51 | 77.66 | 4.67 | 3.47 | G-1-R-2 | 75.14 | 3.22 | G-1-R-3 | 57.34 | 2.53 |
| G-1-2R-1 | G-1-2R-1 | — | 85.57 | — | 3.82 |
| G-2-R-X | G-2-R-1 | 138.82 | 152.78 | 3.44 | 3.73 | G-2-R-2 | 140.94 | 3.43 | G-2-R-3 | 178.59 | 4.33 |
| G-2-2R-1 | G-2-2R-1 | — | 178.85 | — | 4.15 |
| G-3-R-X | G-3-R-1 | 298.94 | 283.43 | 4.60 | 4.39 | G-3-R-2 | 278.76 | 4.35 | G-3-R-3 | 272.59 | 4.22 |
| G-3-2R-1 | G-3-2R-1 | — | 304.76 | — | 4.70 |
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