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Comparison of white metal and resin socket terminations for wire ropes

Bradon, J. E. and Ridge, I. M. L. (2003) Comparison of white metal and resin socket terminations for wire ropes. Journal of Strain Analysis for Engineering Design, 38 (2). pp. 149-160. ISSN 0309-3247

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1243/030932403321163677

Abstract/Summary

Previously the authors have presented both theoretical and experimental work discussing the operating mechanism of a wire rope held in a tapered socket by means of a cast resin cone. The work reported here extends the investigation to address the question of whether the same socket fabricated with white metal operates in the same manner. To date, previous investigations have compared the operational efficiency of resin and white metal in terms of both strength and/or fatigue endurance. Some other work has analysed the operation of resin sockets or specific cast metal terminations. This paper seeks to draw the results from this work together, and, in addition to a theoretical analysis, presents experimental data obtained from a direct comparison of the operation mechanism for the same sockets filled with resin or white metal. Results show that white metal terminations have a very different distribution of stresses along the length of the socket basket from resin terminations, and a smaller but still significant amount of socket draw. For both types of termination the socket draw develops high frictional gripping forces which can transfer the load from the rope to the socket. The different stress distributions mean that the consequences of termination fabrication defects may not be the same for resin and white metal terminations.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of the Built Environment > Construction Management and Engineering
ID Code:11804
Uncontrolled Keywords:wire rope, white metal, spelter, resin, termination, finite element, analysis

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