The invention provides a method for measuring the damping per unit length of an inhaul cable, and belongs to the technical field of inhaul cable damping measurement, and the method comprises the steps: measuring the
mass per unit length of the inhaul cable, and arranging a
laser displacement meter in the vibration direction of the inhaul cable; initial displacement is applied to the inhaul cable and released, and the inhaul cable is excited to vibrate; measuring a vibration displacement time-history curve, a speed time-history curve or an
acceleration time-history curve in any point surface of the inhaul cable in the vibration state through a
laser displacement meter, and carrying out filtering
processing on the vibration displacement time-history curve, the speed time-history curve or the
acceleration time-history curve; extracting peak values of the displacement time-history curve, the speed time-history curve or the
acceleration time-history curve after filtering
processing and moments corresponding to the peak values; and based on the
peak value of the displacement time travel curve, the speed time travel curve or the acceleration time travel curve after filtering
processing, the moment corresponding to the
peak value and the
mass per unit length of the inhaul cable, obtaining the damping per unit length of the inhaul cable.