D.P. Boso1, M. Lefik2
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.55, No.3, pp. 319-338, 2010, DOI:10.3970/cmes.2010.055.319
Abstract In this paper we study numerically the mechanical behaviour of wire ropes, particularly the influence of the geometrical configuration on the overall stiffness of the cables. Modelling the behaviour of a cable is a difficult problem, given the complexity of the geometrical layout, contact phenomena occurring among wires and possible yielding of the material. For this reason we pursue a "hierarchical beam approach", to substitute recursively, at each cabling stage, the bundle of wires with an equivalent single strand, having the characteristics computed from the previous level. We consider the first two levels of the bundle hierarchy and investigate the… More >
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