Torsion Failure Analysis of Galvanized Steel Wires for Transmission and Distribution Lines Based on ANSYS Numerical Simulation

doi:10.1007/s12204-019-2112-4

Abstract

Abstract: This study provides a detailed failure analysis of galvanized steel wires (3mm in diameter) for a 35 kV transmission and distribution line, which was carried out by combining the conventional material analysis methods with the finite element method (FEM). It is found that the failed material had good plasticity (5% in elongation), and under the soft torsion loading condition (0.75 in stress state soft coefficient), the ductile fracture should occur on the material. Additionally, the theoretical number of torsions calculated by the FEM was 26.2 times, while the actual number of torsions achieved by the test was only 2.2 times and the local fracture surface exhibited brittle fracture characteristics. The results showed that the local torsion brittle fracture of the material with good plasticity was caused by triaxial stress in the torsion condition, which led to the formation of cavity in the pulling stress area in the material’s center, and the finite element calculation results indicated that the stress state soft coefficient at the cavity was distributed between 0.31 and 0.38, and the stress concentration at the cavity was more than twice the normal value. Besides, the Widmanstatten structure formed as the improper hot working process is the corresponding structural reason.

Key words: galvanized steel wire| torsion brittle fracture| triaxial stress state| cavity rupture| finite element method (FEM)

摘要： This study provides a detailed failure analysis of galvanized steel wires (3mm in diameter) for a 35 kV transmission and distribution line, which was carried out by combining the conventional material analysis methods with the finite element method (FEM). It is found that the failed material had good plasticity (5% in elongation), and under the soft torsion loading condition (0.75 in stress state soft coefficient), the ductile fracture should occur on the material. Additionally, the theoretical number of torsions calculated by the FEM was 26.2 times, while the actual number of torsions achieved by the test was only 2.2 times and the local fracture surface exhibited brittle fracture characteristics. The results showed that the local torsion brittle fracture of the material with good plasticity was caused by triaxial stress in the torsion condition, which led to the formation of cavity in the pulling stress area in the material’s center, and the finite element calculation results indicated that the stress state soft coefficient at the cavity was distributed between 0.31 and 0.38, and the stress concentration at the cavity was more than twice the normal value. Besides, the Widmanstatten structure formed as the improper hot working process is the corresponding structural reason.

关键词: galvanized steel wire| torsion brittle fracture| triaxial stress state| cavity rupture| finite element method (FEM)

CLC Number:

TM 244.1

WANG Man (王曼), ZHANG Xiaomin (张晓敏), LONG Peng (龙鹏), JIANG Yu (蒋渝). Torsion Failure Analysis of Galvanized Steel Wires for Transmission and Distribution Lines Based on ANSYS Numerical Simulation[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science), 2019, 24(5): 632-639.

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