VIBRATION CONTROL OF DIFFERENT FRP CABLES IN LONG-SPAN CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE UNDER INDIRECT EXCITATIONS

Abstract

To identify the vibration characteristics and potential vibration control of different fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) cables for long-span cable-stayed bridges, the critical resonant responses of these cables under indirect excitations including external and parametric excitations are studied in this paper. Based on theoretical equations, the primary resonant responses of different cables under indirect excitations were first calculated and compared, afterwards the influence of cable length and design stress to the resonant responses and the importance of external and parametric excitations were further studied. Analysis of results show that all of the FRP cables measuring 575 m in length possess lower resonant responses compared with steel cables, while the hybrid FRP cable with smart dampers exhibits even lower responses than the other FRP cables. Moreover, the external excitation induced resonance will become critical for some kinds of FRP cables with increasing cable length. A method on adjusting design stresses mitigates this critical resonance and benefits vibration control of FRP cables. In addition, parametric excitation plays a more important role in resonant responses for short-length cables in comparison to external excitation, whereas both parametric and external excitations are critically important for long-length cables.