Create Belt - Poly-V Grooved

Belt

Name

Enter the belt name.

Axis of Rotation

Axis of Rotation can be one of the following:

Reference Location

Enter the value for reference location.

Geometry

Total segments

Optionally enter the total number of segments into which the belt is to be discretized. Use this parameter along with the segment length parameter when the total length of the belt is known and Adams will route a belt of this length through the pulley set and report the resulting tension required to do so.

Segment length

Enter the length of the individual discrete segments into which the belt model is discretized. Using this parameter in conjunction with "Total Segments" the total length of the belt can be provided as an input (see above). If "Total Segments" is not specified, then Adams will model the belt with the greatest number of segments of this length that still provides some tension (that is, greater than zero belt tension in the design position of the model).

Belt height

Enter the total height of the belt. It is also known as "Nominal Height".

Belt width

Enter the total width of the belt. It is used for graphics only.

Cordial distance

Enter the distance from the rib root to the cord inside the belt.

Rib height

Enter the distance from the rib tip to the rib root.

Rib width

Enter the width of one rib at the root of the rib, also called the rib spacing. It is used for graphics only.

Rib angle

Enter the angle between the flanks of the rib.

Belt stiffness

Stiffness

Segment area

Enter the cross-section area of the segment.

Section Inertia

Enter the area moment of inertia of the land-section cross section, about the neutral axis (z-z). It is expressed as unit length to the fourth power. It is sometimes referred to as the second moment of area about the z-axis. The z-axis is along the width of the belt.

For a solid rectangular section:

I = Izz = width * height3/12

where the height of the cross section is (Nominal Height - Rib Height).

Young’s modulus

Enter the Young's modulus of the belt material.

Damping Ratio

Enter the damping ratio. The damping ratio is in time units.

If you select User entered, the following options available:

K axial

Enter the axial stiffness. The stiffness is in force units / length units.

K transverse

Enter the transverse stiffness. The stiffness is in force units / length units.

K torsional

Enter the torsional stiffness. The stiffness is in force units * length units / angle units.

K coupling

Enter the coupling stiffness. The stiffness is in force units.

C axial

Enter the axial damping. The damping is in force units * time units / length units.

C transverse

Enter the transverse damping. The damping is in force units * time units / length units.

C torsional

Enter the torsional damping. The damping is in force units * length units * time units / angle units.

Geometry settings