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