Diamond cable bracing with rings for steel Structures

This paper presents cable bracing with a new configuration so that all cables remain in tension. For this purpose, a diamond cable bracing system comprising cables and rings is proposed for steel frames. The use of cable bracing is due to its advantages, such as high tensile strength and lack of buckling in evaluation with traditional braces. The proposed method can be installed easily for existing structures. Also, the cable is lightweight, and it has delicate dimensions. Sap2000 software was used to model the cables and rings. It was found that the proposed system eliminated the main weakness of the x-shaped cable bracing system. Increasing or reducing the diameter of the cables can control the displacement. Among the studied models, MRF has the least amount of axial force applied to the beams . A large amount of axial force is added to the floor beams by adding steel cable braces to the frame. In this case, by increasing the diameter of the cables, the amount of this force can be reduced.