Effects of interface delay in real-time dynamic substructuring tests on a cable for cable-stayed bridge

The author would like to acknowledge the support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), under the grant EP/F030711/1. The author gratefully thanks Prof. D.J. Wagg for his guidance in conducting the present research, Dr. S.A. Neild and Dr. J.H.G. Macdonald for their advice on the analytical model and on the interpretation of the experimental results.

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