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Cable Technologies For Footbridges

8th Small Bridge Conference


27 November 2017
Pierre-yves Souesme
1. Steel Wire Cable

Open spiral cable

• Galvanised steel wires


• Circular outer shape
• Highly efficient cross section

Full locked coil cables

• Z shape allows flat contact and low


contact stress between cables
Locked Coil Cables – Main Advantages

• Excellent clamping capabilities


• Simple connections
• Compactness (85% – 90% of structural area)
Locked Coil Cables – Durability

Single layer corrosion protection for outer wires


• Zinc or Galfan® coating of the wires
• Possibility to apply an additional coating
• Recoating to be planned every 10-15 years

Corrosion inhibitor compound


• Can be added during stranding to fill the voids
• Required according to Eurocode 3-1-11 4.3
• Exudation is possible during installation and service life

Fatigue
• 150 MPa amplitude testing
Locked Coil Cables – Fabrication

Cable length
• Cables need to be fabricated at the exact length in factory
• Cables need to be prestressed to reduce the time dependent deformations
• Remaining creep : about 1,5mm / 10m for large Ø

Coils
• Cable need to be coiled on large diameters ( usually 30x cable diameter)
• Turntables required for uncoiling without torsion for long cable
• Cable cleaning to be allowed for after installation
Locked Coil Cables – Installation

Risk of damage on cables


• Care needs to be taken to not damage the corrosion protection
• Bending radius needs to be managed carefully
• Some examples of cable wrapping to cope for galvanisation damage during installation

Tensioning
• Hydraulic jacks and transfer beams
• Collar retightening after tension
Locked Coil Cables – Domain of Use

• Light structures, suspended structures, hangers


2. Parallel Strand System (PSS)

A bundle of parallel strands for


redundant corrosion protection

• Parallel independent strands


• Redundant corrosion protection
• Factory made corrosion protection
• Industrial process
• Individual redundancy
• Eliminates risk of gangrene
Parallel Strand System (PSS)

Typical strand

• T15.7mm, 1860Mpa ( breaking load 279kN)


• Quantity of strands per tendon to be adapted to cable force
(up to 100 strands per cable)

Individual corrosion protection

galvanization
wax
HDPE sheath
Parallel Strand System (PSS)

Bundle located inside a HDPE Duct

• Guide for strand threading


• Cable aerodynamics
• UV durability

External layer: Colour and UV protection


Internal layer: Mechanical resistance
Two helical fillets: Limitation of rain & wind
induced instability

• Wide range of colours available for architecture purpose


PSS – H1000

Freyssinet PSS system for light structure

Derived from Freyssinet PSS H2000 stay


• Small units: 1, 4, 7, 12, 19 T15 strands
• Semi-prefabricated or fully prefabricated cables

2 continuous and redundant corrosion


• Protection barriers (nested barriers concept, conforming
with fib and PTI)

200 MPa amplitude fatigue testing


• Special swages, with high fatigue resistance
• Same wedges as highway bridge stay cable systems
(many fatigue testing references)
PSS – H1000 Anchorage system

Forks (fixed or adjustable)


Anchor block (fixed or adjustable)
Wedges or swages
PSS – H1000 Installation

Sydney Airport - strand by strand installation


• H1000-19 strands. Anchors
PSS – H1000 - Sydney Airport

Installation of duct
PSS – H1000 - Sydney Airport

Threading strands one by one


Tensioning with Monostrand Jacks with Isotension®
PSS – H1000 - Narellan Road

Narellan Road
• 12H1000
• Forks both end
• Fixed on the top
• Adjustable on bottom
PSS – H1000 - Narellan Road

Prefabrication
• Standard product
PSS – H1000 - Narellan Road

Installation
PSS – H1000 - Summary

Modularity
• The number of strands is adjusted to the force in the cable
Flexibility
• The number of strands is adjusted to the force in the cable
Durability
• The double nested corrosion protection barrier + outstanding fatigue performance

No long term effect


• No loss in cable force, no cable elongation after initial tensioning
Light components
• assembly on site out of standard components, for a quicker delivery
3. Comparison

Parallel Strand Locked Coil Cable


PSS

Fatigue 200mpa 150mpa

Double corrosion protection Yes No

Individual double corrosion


Yes No
protection

Many colors
Aesthetic Compact
Larger diameter

Prefabricated on site with Fabricated in factory at


Flexibility for installation
standard elements length

Transport Typical coil diameter 1.5/2m Larger coils


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