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Numerical Model and a Methodology on the Analysis of Complicated Wire Rope Structures

C. Erdönmez¹, C.E. ˙Imrak²

1 Turkish Naval Academy, Department of Science, Istanbul, Turkey.
2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Structural Longevity 2012, 7(2), 117-121. https://doi.org/10.3970/sl.2012.007.117

Abstract

Wire ropes have complicated structures. Its core is assembled using six wire strands around a simple straight wire strand and called as Independent Wire Rope Core (IWRC). IWRCs are used as the core for most complex structured wire ropes as Seale IWRC. In this paper as a complex wire rope structure the construction of Seale IWRC is described and its finite element analysis (FEA) is mentioned. The proposed methodology gives wire by wire results and as a result gives necessary information about the wire behavior within a wire rope.

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