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Bending of helically twisted cables under variable ... - Pfisterer

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Table <strong>of</strong> Contents<br />

Summary………….…………….…………..…………………………………………….<br />

Preamble…………...……………………………………………………………………..<br />

1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1<br />

1.1. Status and problem definition.................................................................................................. 1<br />

1.2. Developments to date ............................................................................................................. 5<br />

1.3. Project objectives .................................................................................................................... 6<br />

1.4. Limitations ............................................................................................................................... 7<br />

1.5. Project structure ...................................................................................................................... 7<br />

2. Basic principles ............................................................................................................................... 8<br />

2.1. The tensile stress .................................................................................................................... 8<br />

2.2. The secondary stress ............................................................................................................ 11<br />

2.3. The bending stress ................................................................................................................ 14<br />

2.4. The bending stiffness ............................................................................................................ 20<br />

2.5. The cable bending moment ................................................................................................... 25<br />

2.6. The cable state diagram ........................................................................................................ 32<br />

2.7. The single layer <strong>helically</strong> <strong>twisted</strong> cable as a calculation example ........................................ 37<br />

3. Multi-layer <strong>cables</strong> .......................................................................................................................... 45<br />

3.1. Wire resting points ................................................................................................................ 45<br />

3.2. Tensile force in the outer layer <strong>of</strong> multi-layer <strong>cables</strong>............................................................. 46<br />

3.3. Tensile force in the inner layer <strong>of</strong> a two-layer cable ............................................................. 49<br />

3.4. Tensile force in the inner layers <strong>of</strong> <strong>helically</strong> <strong>twisted</strong> <strong>cables</strong> with more than two layers ........ 58<br />

3.5. The state diagram for multi-layer <strong>cables</strong> ............................................................................... 59<br />

4. Calculation method ....................................................................................................................... 65<br />

4.1. <strong>Bending</strong> <strong>of</strong> a cable <strong>under</strong> tensile load ................................................................................... 65<br />

4.2. Analytical calculation <strong>of</strong> the cable catenary .......................................................................... 71<br />

4.3. Determining the catenary with the finite element method ..................................................... 75<br />

4.4. The SEIL program ................................................................................................................. 77

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