Computational fluid dynamics modeling of rope-guided conveyances in two typical kinds of shaft layouts

Renyuan Wu; Zhencai Zhu; Guohua Cao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0118268

Computational fluid dynamics modeling of rope-guided conveyances in two typical kinds of shaft layouts

PLoS One. 2015 Feb 13;10(2):e0118268. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118268. eCollection 2015.

Authors

Renyuan Wu¹, Zhencai Zhu¹, Guohua Cao¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Mechanical Design and Theory, School of Mechatronic Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.

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.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Algorithms
Models, Theoretical*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Major State Basic Research Development Program of China (973 Program) (Grant No. 2014CB049404), Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University (Grant No. IRT1292) and the Project Funded by the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions (PAPD). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.