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A cable is a flexible structural component that can only support tensile loading and offers no resistance to bending or compression. Cables are used in engineering structures like bridges and roofs to transmit loads over long distances. There are several types of cable structures including simply suspended cables, pre-tensioned cable nets, tensioned straight cables, and tensegric shells. Pre-tensioned cable nets use horizontal and vertical cables arranged in a grid-like pattern to increase load capacity over greater heights. Tensegric shells are composed of prestressed cables or membranes connected to compression bars in a configuration that stabilizes the overall structure.

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A cable is a flexible structural component that can only support tensile loading and offers no resistance to bending or compression. Cables are used in engineering structures like bridges and roofs to transmit loads over long distances. There are several types of cable structures including simply suspended cables, pre-tensioned cable nets, tensioned straight cables, and tensegric shells. Pre-tensioned cable nets use horizontal and vertical cables arranged in a grid-like pattern to increase load capacity over greater heights. Tensegric shells are composed of prestressed cables or membranes connected to compression bars in a configuration that stabilizes the overall structure.

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Theory Of Structures

Assignment 1

Submitted To:-
Er. Govind Gehlot sir

Submitted By:-
Prajakta Sushil Vaidyaa
• What is Cable?

• A cable is a flexible structural component that


offers no resistance when compressed or bent in a
curved shape.
• Technically we can say cable has zero bending
rigidity. It can only support tensile loading.
• Cables are often used in engineering structures for
support and to transmit load from one point to
another when used to support suspension roofs,
bridges and trolley wheels, cables form the main
load carrying element in the structure.
• In analysis of cables the weight of itself cable is
rejected . We assume that cable is flexible and
inextensible.
• Due to its flexibility cables offers no resistance to
shear or bending.

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• Types of Cable structures
• Simply suspended cables
• Pre-tensioned cable
• Pre-tensioned cable nets
• Tensioned straight cables
• Tensegric shells

• Simply suspended cables

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A simply supported cable has o resistance to bending.


Thus, in analysis of a cable in equilibrium, not only is
the sum of the moments about any point equal to zero
but so is the bending moment at any point.
Consequently, the equilibrium shape of the
cable corresponds to the funicular, or bending-moment
• Pre-tensioned cable net

It is invented
by BSC
Bridge.
It is used at 50
to 80 ft span.

• Pre-tensioned cable net

A Pre- tensioned cable net


structure is an example of
a tensile structure, i.e.
a structure that is stabilised
by tension rather
than compression. For ex., a
piece of fabric pulled in
Stadium opposite directions.
• To increase height and load capabilities,
horizontal cables can be combined with
vertical cable arrangements.
• Cable nets are capable of being very simplistic structures.
• Typically, the cables are locked together at their
intersections using a clamping component which may also
fix any cladding to the net
• Tensioned straight cables

The use of straight


tensioned cables with
fabric of foil cladding can
result in translucent roof
structures with useful
environmental properties
at very competitive costs.
• These cables are either arranged at right angles to each
other to form a surface with anticlastic curvature, or
the cables can be separated vertically as in a cable truss.
• There are considerable advantages in using
single straight cables, particularly in association with
fabric or foil cladding.

• Tensegric shells
• Tensegric shells are composed of cable or membrane
envelopes prestressed by lengthening properly
arranged bars connected at both of their ends to the
envelope and not touching each other.
• The prestressing stabilizes the shell and induces
tensile forces in the envelope and compression in the
bars. The tensegric shells do not comprise a
continuous rigid supporting element.
• The advantage of using tensegric shells for temporary
and permanent structure is due to their easy assembly
and erection.
• The nature of the bar arrangement in tensegric
shells is shown.
• The stability criteria of a tensegric shell are
formulated, and the effect of prestressing the
envelope by lengthening some of the bars is
examined
• The analysis of the shell geometrical distortion due
to prestressing is formulated. The effect of external
load applied to the structure is investigated. It is
shown that the effect of external load on the
geometrical configuration of the shell depends on
the type of the shell.
• External load applied to some types of shell causes
too large geometrical distortion, whereas the
distortion of other types is due to the elasticity of its
members only.

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