METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FIXING A LOAD-TRANSMITTING ELEMENT ON A CABLE, AND CABLE-SUSPENDED BRIDGE COMPRISING SAID DEVICES

摘要

The invention concerns a device comprising a collar formed by two shells (10a, 10b),designed to be linked with the load-transmitting element. The cable comprises an assembly of tightly packed strands, perpendicular to the collar, in a matrix filling up the interstices between the strands. Said matrix is, wholly or partly, made of a plastic material capable of creeping when the collar is clamped. The clamping is carried out by using elongated elements (17) transmitting a clamping load to the collar shells. Said elongated elements are stressed so as to present a longitudinal elastic deformation much higher than the maximal compacting of the matrix creep, thereby preventing ill-timed unclamping of the collar.