Cable anchorage with bedding material

A method of anchoring a cable comprising individual strands subject to static and dynamic deflection in a cable anchorage, said strand defining a free end portion and a free-running portion, the cable anchorage comprising an anchor block, individual strand channels extending at least through said anchor block, said individual strand channels extending between an anchoring end and an exit end, and individual strand-anchoring conical wedges at said anchoring end of the anchor block of each strand channel for gripping said free end portion oldie strand, the cable anchorage transferring an axial tension load in the strand to the anchor block, the strand exiting from the cable anchorage at said exit end in the direction of said free-running portion of the strand, the length of the strand channel being less than 10 times the smallest diameter of the strand channel, the method comprising:

• a filling step, in which a space surrounding the strand in the strand-channel is at least partially filled with a flexural and/or elastic bedding material, so as to form a bedding cushion extending substantially around the strand in the strand-channel and axially along a bedding region of the axial length of the strand-channel, wherein said bedding cushion is in contact with both said strand and said anchor block, said bedding cushion ensuring thereby a reduction of the bending stresses in each strand by absorbing bending stresses along said bedding region
• wherein the method comprising further, before said filling step, a sealing step, in which a seal element s provided between the outer surface of the strand and the inner surface of the strand-channel, and at a predetermined axial position along the strand-channel, in an annular or cylindrical recessed region of the inner wall of the channel, said seal element preventing an axial movement of the bedding material, at least while the bedding material is being introduced into the strand-channel beyond said recessed region in the direction of a main running portion of the strand.