An Analytical and Experimental Investigation of Polycal Wire Rope Vibration Isolators for Industrial Equipment

Ting, Yuk Shyk

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Authors

Ting, Yuk Shyk

Date

2018

Supervisor

Muhammad Ekhlasur Rahman

Type

Thesis

Award

MPhil

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School

Civil Engineering

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73569

Collection

Curtin Theses

Abstract

The Polycal Wire Rope Isolator (PWRI) is effective in isolating vibrations for equipment. The proposed work is to perform an analytical and experimental investigation on the PWRI in both vertical and lateral directions. The analytical model of static elastic stiffnesses of polycal WRI were developed using Castigliano’s second theorem and were validated using monotonic loading tests. Meanwhile, the damping characteristics of WRI were studied using the cyclic loading tests.