Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes
Steel-wire rope is a mechanical component that has versatile uses and on which human lives depend. One of the basic parameters that serve to describe the rope is its load-bearing capacity. The static load-bearing capacity is a mechanical property characterized by the limit static force that the rope...
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| author | Juraj Hroncek Pavel Marsalek David Rybansky Martin Sotola Lukas Drahorad Michal Lesnak Martin Fusek |
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| description | Steel-wire rope is a mechanical component that has versatile uses and on which human lives depend. One of the basic parameters that serve to describe the rope is its load-bearing capacity. The static load-bearing capacity is a mechanical property characterized by the limit static force that the rope is able to endure before it breaks. This value depends mainly on the cross-section and the material of the rope. The load-bearing capacity of the entire rope is obtained in tensile experimental tests. This method is expensive and sometimes unavailable due to the load limit of testing machines. At present, another common method uses numerical modeling to simulate an experimental test and evaluates the load-bearing capacity. The finite element method is used to describe the numerical model. The general procedure for solving engineering tasks of load-bearing capacity is by using the volume (3D) elements of a finite element mesh. The computational complexity of such a non-linear task is high. Due to the usability of the method and its implementation in practice, it is necessary to simplify the model and reduce the calculation time. Therefore, this article deals with the creation of a static numerical model which can evaluate the load-bearing capacity of steel ropes in a short time without compromising accuracy. The proposed model describes wires using beam elements instead of volume elements. The output of modeling is the response of each rope to its displacement and the evaluation of plastic strains in the ropes at selected load levels. In this article, a simplified numerical model is designed and applied to two constructions of steel ropes, namely the single strand rope 1 × 37 and multi-strand rope 6 × 7-WSC. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ce41863afef4c6fac167e41172091072023-11-18T02:15:46ZengMDPI AGMaterials1996-19442023-05-011610375610.3390/ma16103756Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire RopesJuraj Hroncek0Pavel Marsalek1David Rybansky2Martin Sotola3Lukas Drahorad4Michal Lesnak5Martin Fusek6Department of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Work and Process Safety, Faculty of Safety Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicDepartment of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, 17. listopadu 2172/15, 708 00 Ostrava, Czech RepublicSteel-wire rope is a mechanical component that has versatile uses and on which human lives depend. One of the basic parameters that serve to describe the rope is its load-bearing capacity. The static load-bearing capacity is a mechanical property characterized by the limit static force that the rope is able to endure before it breaks. This value depends mainly on the cross-section and the material of the rope. The load-bearing capacity of the entire rope is obtained in tensile experimental tests. This method is expensive and sometimes unavailable due to the load limit of testing machines. At present, another common method uses numerical modeling to simulate an experimental test and evaluates the load-bearing capacity. The finite element method is used to describe the numerical model. The general procedure for solving engineering tasks of load-bearing capacity is by using the volume (3D) elements of a finite element mesh. The computational complexity of such a non-linear task is high. Due to the usability of the method and its implementation in practice, it is necessary to simplify the model and reduce the calculation time. Therefore, this article deals with the creation of a static numerical model which can evaluate the load-bearing capacity of steel ropes in a short time without compromising accuracy. The proposed model describes wires using beam elements instead of volume elements. The output of modeling is the response of each rope to its displacement and the evaluation of plastic strains in the ropes at selected load levels. In this article, a simplified numerical model is designed and applied to two constructions of steel ropes, namely the single strand rope 1 × 37 and multi-strand rope 6 × 7-WSC.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/10/3756load-bearing capacitysteel ropemodelingtensile testplastic strainfailure |
| spellingShingle | Juraj Hroncek Pavel Marsalek David Rybansky Martin Sotola Lukas Drahorad Michal Lesnak Martin Fusek Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes Materials load-bearing capacity steel rope modeling tensile test plastic strain failure |
| title | Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes |
| title_full | Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes |
| title_fullStr | Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes |
| title_short | Simplified Numerical Model for Determining Load-Bearing Capacity of Steel-Wire Ropes |
| title_sort | simplified numerical model for determining load bearing capacity of steel wire ropes |
| topic | load-bearing capacity steel rope modeling tensile test plastic strain failure |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/16/10/3756 |
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