I’ve designed a range of structures using tension from suspended sculptures to pedestrian bridges and larger bridges. A critical item to know is the difference between wire, strand, rope, and cable. Using the right one in the right application and with the right design approach can be critical to structural safety.
In this video I go through the differences, show you examples from real projects, and provide technical background and resources.
I'm Paul Kassabian. I'm a structural engineer and a Principal at SGH in Boston, MA. I taught graduate students at MIT for nine years and currently teach on/off at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (GSD). These are videos based on my structural design projects and years of teaching structures to students.