Fast Algorithm for Completion State Calculating of Wire Rope Cable Bridge

Wire Rope Sheave Friction Effects

When a takeup weight is offset to the side of a conveyor, a wire rope is commonly routed from the take-up weight through a series of sheaves to the take-up carriage. The friction developed from a series of wire rope sheaves can effect the actual belt tension at the take-up carriage. Through real-time testing the actual tension on a takeup carriage was recorded with data acquisition using an int...

A Novel Geometric Algorithm for Fast Wire-Optimized Floorplanning

As the size and complexity of VLSI circuits increase, the need for faster floorplanning algorithms also grows. In this work we introduce Traffic, a new method for creating wireand areaoptimized floorplans. Through the use of connectivity grouping, simple geometry, and efficient data structures, Traffic achieves higher result quality than Simulated Annealing (SA) in a fraction of the time. This ...

Fuzzy Fault Tree Analysis of Crane Wire Rope

Wire rope is a very useful and long lasting structural element when properly used and maintained. For a failure such as that of crane wire rope, it is often very difficult to estimate precise failure rates or failure probabilities of individual components or failure events. Conventional fault tree analysis (FTA) is based on the probability assumption. When the failure probability of a system is...

Advancements in the Field of Wire Rope Design and Manufacturing

The current specifications governing the construction of wire rope and the fabrication of the assemblies used in movable bridges are no longer the best or most reasonable choice for wire rope selection. The current AASHTO and AREMA specifications for wire rope list “6x19 class improved plow steel wire rope of 6x25 filler wire construction with hard fiber core” as the construction for both opera...

Actin: A molecular wire, an electrical cable?