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In tied-arch bridges with a single arch, the deck is usually suspended from the arch by means of a single set of cables, pinned at both ends and anchored to the centerline, using either vertical or Nielsen-type hanger arrangements. When properly designed, this layout can significantly reduce forces and deflections under loads that are symmetrical with respect to the plane of the arch. However, it does not contribute to the support of nonsymmetrical loads, such as eccentric loads distributions or wind loading, and does not reduce the sensibility of the arch to out-of-plane buckling. Thus, this paper studies how a cable arrangement composed of two sets of lateral hangers, attached to both edges of a deck, can be very suitable to address these problems. Firstly, it is demonstrated that the structural behavior under symmetrical loads improves with respect to the bridge with centered hangers. Secondly, it is shown how nonsymmetric loads are partially carried by structural systems (such as the transversal stiffness both of the arch and the deck) that would remain inactive for tied-arch bridges with centered hangers, leading to a general reduction in the forces and the deflections of the bridge and in the critical buckling load of the arch.

Improving the Structural Behavior of Tied-Arch Bridges by Doubling the Set of Hangers