Suspension bridges and arch bridges are important structural forms of bridges in which the cables are the main load-bearing members. The study of dynamic characteristics of the cable is of great significance to the design and operation and maintenanc...
Cable-stayed bridges have been widely used in large-span bridge engineering because of their large span capacity and novel structure. The frequent traffic of vehicles transporting flammable and explosive materials has increased the incidence of bridg...
In this study, the scope of CFRP cables in cable-stayed bridges is studied by establishing a numerical model of a 1400-m span of the same. The mechanical properties and characteristics of CFRP stay cables and of a cable-stayed bridge with CFRP cables...
This article aims to determine the most suitable cross-sectional area for a high voltage alternating current (HVAC) submarine cable in the design phase of new projects. A thermal ladder network method (LNM) was used to analyse the thermal behaviour i...
With the increase in the electrical load and the progressive introduction of power generation from intermittent renewable energy sources, the power line operating conditions are approaching the thermal limits. The definition of thermal limits variabl...
Recent advances in radar techniques and systems have favoured the development of microwave interferometers, suitable for the non-contact vibration monitoring of large structures. The paper addresses the application of microwave remote sensing to the...
Temperature variation from dynamic cable loading affects the propagation characteristics of transient signals. The distortion of modal signal components as a function of temperature in a three-phase medium-voltage cable is investigated. The temperatu...
Moisture ingress in power distribution cable bodies can lead to insulation degradation, jeopardizing the operational safety of power grids. However, current cable maintenance technologies lack effective diagnostic methods for identifying moisture def...
Dynamic cables, serving as the critical link between floating wind turbines and submarine cables, are subjected to significant tension fluctuations and bending deformations under environmental loading. While deep-water systems have been widely studie...
Due to the slender geometry and low-amplitude vibrations of stayed cables, existing vision-based methods often fail to accurately identify their full-field dynamic parameters, especially the higher-order modes. This paper proposes a novel holographic...
When analyzing the dynamic characteristics of marine cables, the static equilibrium state must first be calculated; a dynamic analysis can then be carried out based on the static equilibrium. Since the calculation of the static equilibrium is the bas...
Stay cables are critical components of cable-stayed bridges, and their dynamic characteristics provide essential information for vibration assessment and structural health monitoring. This study presents a comparative performance assessment of Fiber...
The separation of gangues from coals with robots is an effective and practicable means. Therefore, a cable-suspended gangue-sorting robot (CSGSR) with an end-grab was developed in our early work. Due to the unidirectional characteristic, the flexibil...
To address the problems of cable slackness and non-smooth cable-tension variation curves during the motion of an antagonistic cable-driven parallel robot (CDPR), this paper focuses on a three-degree-of-freedom (DOF) redundantly constrained CDPR. Firs...
This study investigates the dynamic amplification effect of the main girder of cable-stayed bridges after cable rupture. The expression for the dynamic amplification effect is derived using the modal superposition method, and the influence of the dur...
The rapid development of offshore electricity grid construction has led to a great demand for submarine cable deployment. In this study, a numerical model is established based on the commercial software ANSYS-AQWA to investigate the dynamic interacti...
Aiming at the problem of cable breakage of an asymmetric single-tower cable-stayed bridge by taking a single-tower cable-stayed bridge that has been in operation for more than 20 years as an engineering example, a spatial finite element model that re...
To suppress large vibrations of the cable in cable-stayed bridges, it is common to install transverse dampers near the end of the cable. This paper focuses on the cable-damper system; based on the dynamic stiffness method, an accurate dynamic analysi...
Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) have several advantages and have been widely used in many industrial fields, especially industrial applications that require high dynamics, high payload capacity, and a large workspace. In this study, a design mod...
In winter, stay cable sheaths are prone to icing, which increases cable loads and poses a falling-ice hazard upon thawing. While manual and chemical de-icing are common methods, their safety and cost drawbacks make robotic de-icing a promising altern...
As a key component connecting a floating wind turbine with static sea cables, dynamic cables undergo significant tensile and bending loads caused by hydrostatic pressure, self-weight, waves, and ocean currents during service, which can lead to fatigu...
In this paper, we investigate a design method for a cable-driven snake arm maintainer (SAM) and its dynamics modelling. A SAM can provide redundant degrees of freedom and high structural stiffness, as well as high load capacity and a simplified struc...
Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CDPRs) are a special kind of parallel manipulator that uses cables to control the position and orientation of the mobile platform or end effector. The use of cables instead of rigid links offers some advantages over thei...
Arresting gear systems play a vital role in carrier-based aircraft landing. In order to accurately understand the process of arresting hook and cable, this study introduces a parameter inversion method to model the arresting cable and applies it to t...
Cross-ties have proven their efficacy in mitigating vibrations in bridge stay cables. Several factors, such as cross-tie malfunctions due to slackening or snapping, as well as the utilization of high-energy dissipative materials, can introduce nonlin...
This paper describes a study on the dynamic modeling and the motion simulation of an unmanned ocean platform to overcome the limitations of existing unmanned ocean platforms for ocean exploration. The proposed unmanned ocean vehicle combines an unman...
The dynamic response of mooring cables for marine structures is scale-dependent, and perfect dynamic similitude between full-scale prototypes and small-scale physical model tests is difficult to achieve. The best possible scaling is here sought by me...
This paper investigates the stability issues of the Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV)–Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (ROV) system induced by cable loads under real marine conditions and high-speed operation. This study focuses on the dynamic coupling...
Towing cable arrays have made significant contributions across various fields, and their outspread process is crucial for realizing their functionalities. However, research on the dynamic characterization of the outspread process of towed cable array...
The safety and quality of cable structure construction necessitate a comprehensive analysis approach. However, conventional methods suffer from difficulties in the temporal and spatial integration of construction information and low efficiency in con...
The safe and efficient design of dynamic submarine cables is critical for the reliability of floating offshore wind turbines, yet traditional time-domain simulation-based optimization approaches are computationally intensive and time consuming. To ad...
A cable-driven hybrid mobile robot is a kind of robot consisting of two modules connected in series, which uses multiple parallel cables to drive the moving platforms. Cable-driven robots benefit from a large workspace, low inertia, excellent dynamic...
Cable-Driven Parallel Robots (CDPRs) are special manipulators where rigid links are replaced with cables. The use of cables offers several advantages over the conventional rigid manipulators, one of the most interesting being their ability to cover l...
Dynamic cable-tension is an important bridge-health indicator. However, it is difficult to be measured precisely and efficiently. A remote bridge dynamic cable-tension measurement method is proposed. It uses an interferometric radar sensor, a time-fr...
Cable-driven parallel robots (CDPRs) have been gaining much attention due to their many advantages over traditional parallel robots or serial robots, such as their markedly large workspace and lightweight design. However, one of the main issues that...
Quadrotors with cable-suspended payloads have received more attention among researchers in the aerial transportation, delivery, infrastructure inspection, emergency response, precision agriculture, and operations in hazardous environment applications...
Mooring systems exhibit high failure rates. This is especially problematic for offshore renewable energy systems, like wave and floating wind, where the mooring system can be an active component and the redundancy in the design must be kept low. Here...
The long-span dual-purpose highway-rail double-tower cable-stayed bridge has the characteristics of a large span and large load-bearing capacity. Compared with the traditional cable-stayed bridge, its wind resistance and seismic resistance are weaker...
Weather survival poses a significant challenge for the utilization of tethered balloons. The dynamic modeling of tethered balloon systems presents challenges due to the flexible nature of the cables and the intricate nature of gust forces. The presen...
High-speed long-span 4-1 cable robots (4-1HSLSCRs) have the characteristics of a simple structure, superior performance and easy control, and they can be used comprehensively in coal quality sampling, water quality monitoring, aerial panoramic photog...
Fault problems associated with submarine cables caused by variations in their burial depth are becoming increasingly prominent. To address the difficulty of detecting the burial depth of submarine cables and trends in its variation, a prediction mode...
In this study, the mechanics of an axially moving cable that is used to acquire mineral resources from the seafloor are theoretically and numerically investigated by focusing on the extent to which a load of buckets affects the cable deflection. In p...
Gantry cranes play a key role in modern industrial logistics. However, the traditional dynamic model based on the assumption of cable rigidity faces difficulty in accurately describing the complex swing characteristics of flexible cables, resulting i...
This article presents an underwater cable-driven manipulator (UCDM) with a buoyancy regulation system (BRS), which is controlled by a fluid-power system. The manipulator consists of five sections, and each section is embedded with a buoyancy adjustme...
In the last decade, cable-suspended parallel robots have attracted significant interest due to their large workspaces and high dynamic performances. However, a significant drawback is that cables must always be in tension to control the motion. Using...
In light of the issues associated with the laying process of transmission line cables, including concealed security risks and contact collisions between pulleys and cables, which primarily stem from reliance on drawings, this paper introduces a simul...
The space cable-driven continuous manipulator (SCCM) has a slender structure, ultra-high degrees of freedom, and a low mass, which make it suitable for equipment inspection and maintenance operations in an unstructured and limited space environment....
The fire risk of cables constantly changes over time and is affected by the materials and working conditions of cables. To address its internal timing property, it is essential to use a dynamic analysis method to assess cable fire risk. Meanwhile, da...
The large-span, relaxed antenna network is a large deformation flexible structure due to its low pre-tension level of the wires. Its dynamic analysis under a wind load belongs to dynamic and geometric nonlinear problems, which is very complex to accu...
The drum-shaped honeycomb-type cable dome departs from traditional concepts and incorporates the idea of multiple strut configurations. It is the most diverse type of cable dome structure. Both cables and struts serve as the main load-bearing compone...
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