The step-by-step arithmetic for the reasonable finished dead state of the concrete cable-stayed bridges is proposed on the basis of minimum bending energy method, influence matrix method and stress balancing method. The basic ideology is: at first, deciding initial dead state using minimum bending energy method; then deciding the reasonable prestressing quantity in the main beam and the relative reasonable limits of dead moments using stress balancing method; in the last, the reasonable finished dead slate of the total structure is determined by influence matrix method, considering the equalit...