Analytical and Experimental Analysis of Static Friction Forces of Moving Cables Inside Curved Pipes

Author(s):  
Eduardo A. W. de Menezes ◽  
Filipe P. Geiger ◽  
Eduardo A. Perondi ◽  
Javier M. Fernández ◽  
Hugo F. L. Santos

In-pipe robots are a powerful tool for hydrate plug removal inside ultradeepwater pipes. Most of these robots operate with the energy supplied by umbilical cables. The present work focuses on the development of a general strategy for computing the required forces for pulling such cables confined in ducts of generic length and geometry. Based on classical mathematical models applied in cable friction evaluation, a new equation set was developed and implemented in a computational algorithm designed to evaluate the static friction force related to the cumulative effects along the arbitrary set of curves present in a generic pipe. Therefore, the proposed computational routine can calculate the static friction forces associated with a cable inside a given pipe, whose coordinates are fed by the user. To evaluate the simulation performance, the achieved results were compared with the data obtained through experimental tests performed using a cable with polymeric coating positioned inside ducts. Different geometries, loads, and lubricating conditions were tested, and the analytical model could suitably estimate the required force to move an umbilical cable inside pipes.

Author(s):  
Mate Antali ◽  
Gabor Stepan

AbstractIn this paper, the general kinematics and dynamics of a rigid body is analysed, which is in contact with two rigid surfaces in the presence of dry friction. Due to the rolling or slipping state at each contact point, four kinematic scenarios occur. In the two-point rolling case, the contact forces are undetermined; consequently, the condition of the static friction forces cannot be checked from the Coulomb model to decide whether two-point rolling is possible. However, this issue can be resolved within the scope of rigid body dynamics by analysing the nonsmooth vector field of the system at the possible transitions between slipping and rolling. Based on the concept of limit directions of codimension-2 discontinuities, a method is presented to determine the conditions when the two-point rolling is realizable without slipping.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo A. W. de Menezes ◽  
Filipe P. Geiger ◽  
Eduardo D. Basso ◽  
Eduardo A. Perondi ◽  
Fabiano D. Wildner ◽  
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Tribologia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 277 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
Krzysztof KUBAS

The paper presents the results of experimental measurements of static friction forces between a poly-V belt 5pk and a pulley on a specialised research stand. An average effective static coefficient is assumed depending on the wrap angle and preload force. Different shapes and positions of curves of the measured values for lower wrap angles are found, with similar curves in the set of measurements with higher angles. The Nelder-Mead optimisation method is proposed to approximate the measured results by a nonlinear function and to achieve good accordance. The dependence of the effective friction coefficient on the rest time between measurements is also presented.


Author(s):  
Noureddine Tayebi ◽  
Andreas A. Polycarpou

It has been experimentally shown that surface texturing (roughening) decreases the effect of intermolecular adhesion forces that are significant in MEMS applications. These forces can hinder normal operation of sensors and actuators as well as micro-engines where they might increase friction, which could be catastrophic. In this paper, a model that predicts the effects of roughness, asymmetry, and flatness on the adhesion, contact, and friction forces in MEMS interfaces is presented. The three key parameters used to characterize the roughness the asymmetry and the flatness of a surface topography are the root-mean-square roughness (RMS), skewness and kurtosis, respectively. It is predicted that surfaces with high RMS, high kurtosis and positive skewness exhibit lower adhesion and static friction coefficient, even at extremely low external normal forces.


1991 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Streator ◽  
B. Bhushan ◽  
D. B. Bogy

Static and dynamic friction coefficients are presented for an Al2O3·TiC slider in contact with 130 mm carbon-coated rigid thin film disks lubricated with several different perfluoropolyether lubricants. The lubricants tested include three nonpolar liquid lubricants and one polar liquid lubricant with dihydroxyl end groups. The effects of lubricant film thickness, disk surface topography, sliding speed and lubricant viscosity are investigated. In many cases, the interfaces exhibited a sharp increase in the dynamic and static friction coefficients after a certain film thickness was reached, due to strong adhesion in the interface. In most cases, the lubricant thickness for the onset of high friction forces was found to increase with increasing disk surface roughness, lubricant viscosity and sliding speed. Under certain conditions stick/slip of the slider occurred during which the static friction increased with time of contact. The various data suggest that the rate at which strong adhesion develops depends on the lubricant viscosity.


Author(s):  
B. F. Yousif ◽  
N. S. El-Tayeb ◽  
T. F. Yusaf

This paper presents an experimental investigation to study friction and interface temperature characteristics of chopped strand mat fiberglass (type-R) reinforced polyester (CGRP) sliding against smooth stainless steel. Pin-on-disk (POD) apparatus is used to perform the experimental tests under dry sliding condition at room temperature. Several parameters are considered, namely load (30, 60 & 90N), sliding velocity (2.8, 3.52 & 3.9m/s) and sliding distance (0–2.51km). Three different orientations of chopped strand mat with respect to sliding direction, Parallel (P), Anti-parallel (AP) and Normal orientations (N) are investigated. Continuous measurements of friction forces using strain gauges, and interface temperatures using infrared thermometer are performed. In addition, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is used to study the worn surface to verify the results. Experimental results show that specimen’s orientations and the tested parameters play a major role in controlling friction and interface temperature characteristics of the CGRP/stainless steel. Maximum friction coefficient was taken place in AP orientation at 3.5 m/s and 2.5km, which was about 0.6. Although, AP-orientation had higher friction interface temperature in comparing to P and N-orientations, which was about 48°C at 3.9m/s and 2.5km.


Author(s):  
Motohisa Hirano

The atomistic mechanisms are proposed for the origin of the static and the dynamic friction forces. The mechanism for the origin of the static friction force resembles the mechanical locking mechanism in a surface roughness model. The origin of the dynamic friction force is formulated as a problem of how the given translational kinetic energy dissipates into the internal relative motions of constituent atoms of bodies during sliding. From studying that the available phase space volume of the translational motion becomes negligible small for a large system size, compared with that of the internal motions, it is concluded that the energy dissipation occurs irreversibly from the translational motion to the internal motions. A phenomenon of superlubricity, where two solid bodies move relatively with no resistance, is discussed.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (24) ◽  
pp. 7856
Author(s):  
Marek Kowalik ◽  
Piotr Paszta ◽  
Tomasz Trzepieciński ◽  
Leon Kukiełka

The article presents the original technology of the extrusion of hollow curved pipes. The curvature radius of pipe axis was obtained directly during extrusion by eccentric alignment of the annular calibration gap of the extrusion die. Theoretical relationships describing the radius of curvature of the extruded part as a function of the eccentricity e of position of the annular calibration gap in the die were developed. A die with replaceable inserts with eccentricity e equal to 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 mm was designed and fabricated. Experimental tests were carried out to extrude lead pipes with an outer diameter of 20 mm and an inner diameter of 18 mm. Measurements of the radii of the curvature of the extruded pipes were consistent with the values calculated from the developed theoretical relationships. Numerical modelling of the proposed method of extrusion in a finite element-based QForm 3D program was carried out. The finite element method (FEM) numerical calculations were carried out for lead. Numerical simulations and experimental studies have shown that, by changing the value of the eccentric gap, the radius of curvature of the extruded pipe can be controlled.


1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Tian ◽  
Takeo Matsudaira

Stiction at the head/disk interface has become one of the major concerns as smoother surfaces are required to achieve lower flying heights of magnetic heads over magnetic disks. In this paper, static friction forces on three types of disk samples with different surface roughness values were measured at various relative humidities. It was found that static friction coefficients were well correlated with total thickness of liquid (lubricant and adsorbed water) at the head/disk interface. The experimental data also agreed fairly well with the calculated values based on a proposed stiction model. It is implied in the stiction model that the bearing ratio or the shape of asperity height distribution, especially the part of high asperities, determines the stiction force. Moreover, long-term stiction was investigated on the unlubricated disk surfaces at 80 percent relative humidity and on the lubricated disks at 5 percent relative humidity to separate the effects of water build-up and lubricant build-up at the head/disk interface. It appears that long-term stiction occurs only when enough mobile lubricant is present and the thickness of liquid at the head/disk interface is close to a critical thickness value which is related to surface roughness values.


2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (83) ◽  
pp. 20130182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Piccardo ◽  
Antoine Chateauminois ◽  
Christian Fretigny ◽  
Nicola M. Pugno ◽  
Metin Sitti

The shear failure and friction mechanisms of bioinspired adhesives consisting of elastomer arrays of microfibres terminated by mushroom-shaped tips are investigated in contact with a rigid lens. In order to reveal the interplay between the vertical and lateral loading directions, experiments are carried out using a custom friction set-up in which normal stiffness can be made either high or low when compared with the stiffness of the contact between the fibrillar adhesive and the lens. Using in situ contact imaging, the shear failure of the adhesive is found to involve two successive mechanisms: (i) cavitation and peeling at the contact interface between the mushroom-shaped fibre tip endings and the lens; and (ii) side re-adhesion of the fibre's stem to the lens. The extent of these mechanisms and their implications regarding static friction forces is found to depend on the crosstalk between the normal and lateral loading directions that can result in contact instabilities associated with fibre buckling. In addition, the effects of the viscoelastic behaviour of the polyurethane material on the rate dependence of the shear response of the adhesive are accounted for.


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