title: Computational fluid dynamics modeling of rope-guided conveyances in two typical kinds of shaft layouts.
abstract: The behavior of rope-guided conveyances is so complicated that the rope-guided hoisting system hasn't been understood thoroughly so far. In this paper, with user-defined functions loaded, ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 was employed to simulate lateral motion of rope-guided conveyances in two typical kinds of shaft layouts. With rope-guided mine elevator and mine cages taken into account, results show that the lateral aerodynamic buffeting force is much larger than the Coriolis force, and the side aerodynamic force have the same order of magnitude as the Coriolis force. The lateral aerodynamic buffeting forces should also be considered especially when the conveyance moves along the ventilation air direction. The simulation shows that the closer size of the conveyances can weaken the transverse aerodynamic buffeting effect.
authors: Department of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
authors: Renyuan
authors: R
authors: Wu
authors: Department of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
authors: Zhencai
authors: Z
authors: Zhu
authors: Department of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
authors: Guohua
authors: G
authors: Cao
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D008962:Models, Theoretical