METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DAMPING TRANSVERSE VIBRATIONS OF STAYING CABLES

摘要

The invention concerns the damping of transverse vibrations of staying cables which consists in: winding tightly on the cable (20) to be damped, at the most appropriate places, at least one pipe coil (27) filled with a fluid; enclosing the pipe wound on the cable in a rigid sheath (22) in which the wound coil is enclosed and stressed and making the sheath integral with a fixed point distinct from the part of the cable on which said pipe is wound. The invention is applicable in particular to the damping of vibrating movements of cables for overhead cranes or for holding fast masts.