Abstract

GARCIA, JOSÉ ISIDRO; BURBANO, JUAN CARLOS  and  CORONADO, JOHN JAIRO. VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS OF THE MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF A COUPLING USED IN SUGARCANE TRAIN. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2009, vol.76, n.160, pp.159-167. ISSN 0012-7353.

This paper presents the analysis of a coupling, piece which facilitates the coupling of the baskets, to form what is known as sugarcane train, vehicle responsible for carrying cane from the harvest field until sugar mill. The work aims to study the vulnerability of the mechanical strength in service by gradual deterioration by wear as a result of the relative motion of two surfaces. The estimated workload is calculated through two methods: one theoretical, and another one experimental, involving the instrumentation coupling for obtaining the required data. It evaluates the structural behavior of coupling throughout of computational techniques using finite element, and then analyze the structural behavior with diminishes of the coupling critical section for evaluating the useful life of the same.

Keywords : Wear; mechanical strength; coupling; sugarcane train.

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