DESIGN OF A CALCULATION FEM MODEL OF THE TEST STATIC STAND OF PIPE CONVEYOR FOR ANALYSIS OF CONTACT FORCES

Experimental research in the field of pipe conveyors is a difficult matter and yet necessary in order to answer the questions regarding the motion resistances and contact resistances of pipe conveyors, loading of the conveyor belts etc. These research activities can be performed not only during the actual operation of pipe conveyors, but also by means of the special laboratory test set-ups combined with the application of the computational simulation models. The main task of this paper is to assess the creation of a suitable simulation model of the test set-up for a specified pipe conveyor developed with regard to realisation of the FEM analyses, using the software product Abaqus, as well as presentation of its application possibilities.