Multi-body dynamics co-simulation of hoisting wire rope

As more wire ropes with complex construction are used in the hoisting system of a crane, it becomes more necessary to predict the risks of the hoisting operation. Especially the wire rope, dynamic analysis is required to manage the potential risk in advance. Thus, in this article, a co-simulation method based on multi-body dynamics and finite element method is proposed to determine the dynamic responses of a hoisting system and wire rope. We developed a dynamic model of hoisting system based on ADAMS/Cable to formulate the time history response of dynamic force on wire rope, which could be used as the loading condition in the posterior finite element model. A three-dimensional geometric model for the multi-layered strands wire rope with a construction of 1+7+7 / 7+14 wires is implemented in the finite element analysis software ABAQUS, and both static and dynamic analyses are presented. The static analysis result of force–strain relation is compared with several experiment data, and the finite element model is proved accurate and reliable. In the latter case, the force–time curves obtained by dynamic model are imported to finite element model as loading condition to accomplish dynamic analysis. The co-simulation results of hoisting wire rope’s behavior subjected to dynamic loading during the hoisting process are carried out and discussed. The stress distribution and stress spectrum of wire rope are obtained, and the results show that the most dangerous regions are the lateral side of wire rope, especially the contact area of two wires in strands.

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