Modeling the moving cogwheel load - analysis using ANSYS & Matlab

0557014 - ÚTAM 2023 RIV CZ eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Bayer, Jan
Modeling the moving cogwheel load - analysis using ANSYS & Matlab.
Engineering mechanics 2022. Book of full texts. Prague: Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2022 - (Fischer, C.; Náprstek, J.), s. 33-36. ISBN 978-80-86246-48-2. ISSN 1805-8248. E-ISSN 1805-8256.
[International Conference Engineering mechanics 2022. Milovy (CZ), 09.05.2022-12.05.2022]
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GC21-32122J
Institutional support: RVO:68378297
Keywords : moving impulse load * modal analysis * finite element models
OECD category: Civil engineering
https://www.engmech.cz/im/proceedings/show_p/2022/033

A moving impulse load generated by a heavy cogwheel (CW) can be used as a testing excitation for bridges. This previously proposed type of dynamic testing offers theoretically short testing times. Laboratory experiments confirmed already its capability of damage indication by repeated testing. This contribution suggests an approach how to solve the cogwheel movement using a Finite Element (FE) solver and Matlab. As the solution is theoretically nonlinear, the necessary limiting conditions for its application are formulated. Then the analysis is applied to simulate the passage of the CW over a simple laboratory model in order to compare it to laboratory experiments.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0331334