Cables are elements widely employed by civil engineering, whether for its construction application on pre-stressed elements or elements enduring tension to bear high vertical loads such as straps in cable-stayed bridges or because they have a very particular behavior due to their area/length relation, which suggests a thorough study on their mechanical behavior where the curvature generated by the Catenary effect is a parameter that highly conditions the element stiffness effect produced by inducted deformation of its own weight.
Los cables presentan un comportamiento muy particular, lo cual implica un estudio detallado de su comportamiento mecánico, primero dado que la curvatura generada por el efecto de catenaria condiciona la rigidez del elemento efecto producido por la deformación inducida por el peso propio.