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2. Organisation of the Text

The current publication is divided into seven Chapters, with the following content:

0 Chapters 1 and 2 introduce the problem of cable vibration in cable-stayed bridges and
present the objectives and organisation of the publication.
0 Chapter 3 presents a brief overview of the history of cable-stayed bridges.
0 Chapter 4 describes the cable vibration phenomena that are induced by direct action of wind
andlor rain, namely: buffeting, vortex-shedding, galloping, wake interference, rain-wind
vibration and recently identified phenomena.
0 Chapter 5 presents indirect excitation phenomena, i.e. phenomena of cable vibration that are
induced in the cable by the movement of its anchorages. For convenience of study, these
are separated into two groups, the so-called external excitation and the parametric excitation
phenomena, which are introduced considering the study of the stay cable individually. The
dynamic cable-stmcture interaction is also discussed in this Chapter.
0 Chapter 6 is dedicated to the description of damping systems for stay cables and to the
presentation of a simple methodology for the design of passive dampers.
0 Chapter 7 has been developed by bridge designers recognised worldwide, reporting on
specific vibration problems in particular bridges and the solutions implemented.

The text is complemented by three Appendices where theoretical and practical issues that
support cable vibration studies are presented. They are:

0 Description of the deformational characteristics of stay cables (Appendix A).

0 Presentation of the fundamentals of cable dynamics (Appendix B).
0 Reference to experimental methodologies for practical assessment of cable force and
damping (Appendix C).