number_cleats

-

Number of extra cleats on belt
(number_cleats = 0 allowed)

cleat_direction

angle

Direction of cleat relative to belt lateral direction. Direction is zero if cleat is oriented exactly in transversal direction. Direction angle is measured counter-clockwise if looking from above onto the belt surface.

Default value is 0 (transversal cleat).

mu_factor_cleat

-

Friction modification factor on cleats.

v

length/time

Constant rotation speed of drum surface.

acceleration_time

time

Time span at beginning of dynamic simulation, to accelerate belt from stand-still to nominal velocity.

Default value is 0.

data sub-section
(TV_DATA)

Arbitrarily  many lines with 2 values of type:
time, length/time

Data pairs defining speed-vs.-time data of the belt’s time-dependent surface speed profile.
t values (first value in each line) should be in ascending order.

cleat_height

length

Height of cleats.

cleat_length

length

Length of cleat, measured in circumferential direction of belt.

cleat_bevel_edge_length

length

Length of bevel edge of cleat, measured in circumferential direction of belt. Bevel edge has 45 degree slope.

cleat_edge_rounded

-

0: Cleat bevel edge is flat.

1: Cleat bevel edge is rounded by a quarter circle.

data sub-section
(XZ_DATA)

Arbitrarily  many lines with data of type:
2 x length

Data pairs defining x and z data of the cross section of the cleat. No rounding of edges is assumed. x values should be in ascending order. First and last y value should be zero.

data sub-section
(XZR_DATA)

Arbitrarily  many lines with data of type:
3 x length

Data triples defining x and z data of the cross section of the cleat, together with rounding radii in these data points. Rounding radii may be zero. x values should be in ascending order. First and last y value should be zero.

data sub-section
(stopper_geometry)

Arbitrarily  many lines with data of type:
2 x length

Data pairs defining x and z data of the stoppers. x values must be non-negative and ascending: x = 0 refers to the start in longitudinal direction of the stopper.