The Cable Dynamics research line is one of the traditional research lines of the Department, originating from the theoretical-experimental studies performed in the early seventies by prof. Giorgio Diana, and it is largely based on the availability of mechanical laboratories and on the strong connection with internationally reputed research groups and industrial partners, allowing to develop both base and applied research. The theoretical-experimental studies allowed to develop models for the analysis of the dynamic response of the Overhead Transmission Lines conductors (arranged in simple and bundle configuration) to the wind excitation: vortex shedding (Aeolian vibrations), wake effect (subspan oscillations) and ice formations (Ice galloping). The models have been converted in user-friendly software that is used worldwide by Utilities and damping device manufacturers to verify the conductors dynamic behaviour and to optimize the damping system needed to control the wind dynamic excitation. The conductors and damping devices mechanical properties, necessary to run the software, are obtained through laboratory tests (conductor self-damping, dampers mechanical impedance, spacer-dampers stiffness and damping as a function of frequency).