Dynamic simulation of belt conveyor based on virtual prototyping

Author

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

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

5986

Lastpage

5988

Abstract

Belt conveyor is one the most important equipments for bulk material transportation. Traditional static analysis methods can not meet the design requirements of the heavy-duty belt conveyor. In this study virtual prototyping (VP) technology is applied to virtual simulation of belt conveyor. The simplified prototype of belt conveyor is established by RecurDyn software. And the VP can simulate belt conveyor´s dynamic characteristics when it runs in the virtual environment. The result of the simulation is in accord with the real working state of the belt conveyor. Furthermore, the belt´s viscoelasticity and the regularity of belt tension are also verified by analyzing the simulative data. In conclusion, the dynamic simulation shows the correctness and the feasibility of the simplified VP of heavy-duty belt conveyor.

Keywords

belts; conveyors; mechanical engineering computing; virtual prototyping; viscoelasticity; RecurDyn software; belt tension; bulk material transportation; dynamic simulation; heavy duty belt conveyor; virtual prototyping; virtual simulation; viscoelasticity; Belts; Laboratories; Materials science and technology; Safety devices; Software prototyping; Sun; Transportation; Virtual environment; Virtual prototyping; Viscosity; RecurDyn; belt conveyor; dynamic simulation; virtual prototyping;

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.2010.5536884

Filename

5536884