MODELING AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF THE WIRE

The kinematics nonlinear equilibrium equations given in the well know classical treatise on elasticity by Love in 1944. Most of the studies based on the well known beam theory and frictional effects are neglected in most of the analytical models. The aim of this article is to create a realistic 3-D structural model of a wire strand and to build an analysis model taking into account the frictional and sliding effects. Axial loading and bending over a sheave problems are solved numerically over the new generated 3-D model and numerical results are presented. Furthermore wire rope construction using double helices is described