Cable-supported

structures

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 Cable Stayed
Structures

• Cable stayed/support structure is one that

employs cable to transfer its loads to the
supports
• Cables can withstand only tensile internal
forces it can't take any internal moments or
shear
• Cable structures are often used as final or
partial intermediate structures in
construction stages of bridges like arch
bridges or cable-stayed ones

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TYPE OF CABLE
SUPPORTED STRUCTURE

1. Simply suspended cables

2. Pre-tensioned cable beams
3. Pre-tensioned cable nets
4. Tensioned straight cables
5. Tensegric Shell
6. Cable Supported Roof
Structure
7. Cable Supported Facade

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Simply suspended
cables

Dulles International Airport at Chantilly

Virginia

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Pre-Tensioned
Cable Beams

Jeonju World Cup Stadium, South Korea

David L. Lawrence convention center

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Pre-Tensioned Net

Sony Store, Berlin

Munich Olympic stadium ,London.

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Tensioned Straight
Cable

Millennium dome Greenwich

The dome has a diameter of 320 m and a central height
of 48m. It encloses an area of 80,000 m2 ( 20 acres )
and has a capacity of 40,000 people.

Eastleigh tennis center, UK

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Tensegric shells
Hybrid shell made up of Cable net and compression bars

Construction

Olympic Gymnastics Arena, South Korea

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Cable Supported
Facade

Arena Zagreb, Croatia

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Actual Projects
Fulton Center, NY,USA Area : 34,000 m2
Fulton Center Ground Floor Plan
Fulton Center First Floor Plan
Fulton Center Second Floor Plan
Architectural Elevation
Construction of Fulton Center
Jeanne-d'Arc Bus Stop, France
Schönbuchturm,
Germany
An observation Deck
Dynamic Earth Centre, UK
Lisbon Oceanarium, Portugal
Galerie de la Villette, France (Elevated Walk-way)
Swan Bridge, UK
Arthur Ravenel Jr. Cable Stayed Bridge, South Carolina
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