Mechanical Analysis of Frictional Continuous Cable Systems Considering the Influence of Load Path
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 149, Issue 2
Abstract
Continuous cables are widespread in various fields, and mechanical analysis is an important issue in their application. The structural responses of frictional continuous cable systems under external loads are related to the load path. The influence of load path has seldom been considered in the existing analysis methods. This paper proposes a novel approach for the mechanical analysis of continuous cable systems considering the influence of load path. The constitutive relation of the frictional continuous cables was derived, in which the sliding amount parameters were eliminated. The computational frameworks for both definite and indefinite load path cases were proposed. For a definite load path, the structural responses can be uniquely determined by successively trials and modifications of the nodal sliding state. For an indefinite load path, a formula of all the possible structural responses was derived, and the ranges of the structural responses can be obtained. All computations in the approach were converted to matrix operations. The effectiveness and practicability of the proposed approach were demonstrated by two typical numerical examples.
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Data Availability Statement
All data, models and codes that used support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. The general computational program implemented in MATLAB 2016b is available at https://github.com/ZJUYUXUE/ContinuousCableAnalysis.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (2021YFF0501001), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 52178175 and 52108182), and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 2021M702867).
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 149 • Issue 2 • February 2023
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Received: Sep 6, 2022
Accepted: Oct 5, 2022
Published online: Dec 10, 2022
Published in print: Feb 1, 2023
Discussion open until: May 10, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Cables
- Constitutive relations
- Continuous structures
- Continuum mechanics
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Design (by type)
- Drop structures
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Equipment and machinery
- Friction
- Load factors
- Mathematics
- Parameters (statistics)
- Sliding effects
- Solid mechanics
- Statistics
- Structural design
- Structural dynamics
- Structural engineering
- Structural mechanics
- Structural response
- Structures (by type)
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