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Overview
Computer Aided Design (CAD)
and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software has provided most manufacturing
industries with tremendous productivity gains over the past 20
years. The cable industry has not realized these gains, however,
because modeling complex helical geometry is difficult using general
purpose CAD software. For analysis, expert knowledge is required
to define a finite element mesh with appropriate contact and other
boundary conditions. CableCAD overcomes these obstacles with specialized
cable modeling features that allow you to literally model and
analyze your designs in minutes.
The best way to learn about CableCAD's capabilities
is to watch our overview
presentation. This presentation requires the latest
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Summary
of Features
Modeling
Analysis
- Finite element modeler
- Layer element modeler
- Nonlinear mechanical and thermal analysis
- Automatic torque-balance
- Frictional bending
- Wire indentation
- Layer locking at 100% coverage
- Radial
axes of symmetry
Loads
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- Free bending or bending
over a sheave (with friction)
- Full or partial external pressure
- Component internal pressure
- Clamping
- Thermal loads
Output
- Cable axial strain
- Cable torque or rotation
- Change of cable diameter
- Cable strength
- Equivalent axial and bending rigidities
- Tension, torque contributions of each
layer
- Minimum cable bend diameter
- Radial pressure between layers
- Component stresses
- Factors of safety (yield and ultimate)
- Layer breaking strength
- Initial and final wire layer coverages
- Individual layer and total cable weights
- Layer mean temperature change
- Nodal force listing at all circular
component nodes
- Plots of all analysis results
- Three-dimensional
cable plot
- Layer
description plot
- Print, paste, export graphics and results
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