CONSTRAINED BENDING PHENOMENON OF A SINGLE LAYERED CABLE ASSEMBLY

The stiffness response relations of a helical cable assembly have been formulated, when the cable wraps around a pulley/sheave. The constrained bending phenomenon of such a cable has been investigated, by considering all the forces and moments relations of the helical wire, while the hitherto researchers had partially accounted them or had neglected a few terms. A numerical study has been carried out for a single layered galvanized steel cable, over a steel pulley. A single wire contact mode has been assumed and the stiffness elements of the cable are evaluated and compared with the existing literature.