Construction of unwinding equation of motion for thin cable in spherical coordinate system

Kun Woo Kim, Jae Wook Lee, Jin Seok Jang, Joo Young Oh, Ji Heon Kang, Hyung Ryul Kim, Wan Suk Yoo

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Abstract

The transient-state unwinding equation of motion for a thin cable can be derived by using Hamilton’s principle for an open system, which can consider the mass change produced by the unwinding velocity in a control volume. In general, most engineering problems can be analyzed in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems. In the field of unwinding dynamics, until now, only Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems have been used. A spherical coordinate system has not been used because of the complexity of derivatives. Therefore, in this study, the unwinding motion of a thin cable was analyzed using a spherical coordinate system in both water and air, and the results were compared with the results in Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems. The unwinding motions in the spherical, Cartesian, and cylindrical coordinate systems were nearly same in both water and air. The error related to the total length was within 0.5% in water, and the error related to the maximum balloon radius was also within 0.5 % in air. Therefore, it can be concluded that it is possible to solve the transient-state unwinding equation of motion in a spherical coordinate system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1208-1220
Number of pages13
JournalProceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science
Volume232
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2018

Keywords

  • Cartesian and cylindrical coordinate systems
  • spherical coordinate system
  • thin cable
  • transient-state unwinding equation of motion
  • Unwinding dynamics

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