Simulation methods for conveyor belt based on virtual prototyping

Author

Hu, Kun ; Guo, Yong-cun ; Peng-yu Wang

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Safety & High Efficiency Min. MOE, Anhui Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Huainan, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

2332

Lastpage

2334

Abstract

Belt simulation is the key point of virtual prototyping (VP) technology for belt conveyor. ADAMS can carry on the simple conveyor belt simulation. For its low precision and heavy work, ADAMS is not suitable for belt conveyer VP modeling and simulation. A new simulation method based on RecurDyn is introduced in this paper. The conveyor belt is divided into finite discrete micro belt segments. With the connecting force, the adjacent belt segments are connected to simulate the continuous belt. The results show the correctness of this method and the feasibility of belt conveyor VP, and there are also some limitations in this method. Further, the simulation method of conveyor belt has important guiding significance for simulation of flexible cable, such as the steel rope.

Keywords

cables (mechanical); conveyors; digital simulation; virtual prototyping; ADAMS; conveyor belt; flexible cable simulation; simulation methods; steel rope; virtual prototyping; Aerodynamics; Aerospace industry; Analytical models; Automotive engineering; Belts; Deformable models; Medical simulation; Safety; Vehicle dynamics; Virtual prototyping; Rcurdyn; VP; conveyor belt; micro segment; simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5535538

Filename

5535538