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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Jérôme Stubler, Paris, FR;
Erik Mellier, Versailles, FR;
Inventors:
Jérôme Stubler, Paris, FR;
Erik Mellier, Versailles, FR;
Assignee:
SOLETANCHE FREYSSINET, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E01D 11/00 (2006.01); E01D 11/04 (2006.01); E01D 19/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E01D 11/04 (2013.01); E01D 19/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of damping the vibrations of at least one pair of stay cables of a civil engineering structure, in which the stay cables of said pair are linked by a damper having a first stiffness in response to tensile stress and a second stiffness in response to compressive stress, the first stiffness being greater than the second stiffness.