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Lay Length and Lay Angle

The document discusses different parameters used to describe wire geometry in cable cross-sections, including: 1. Lay length and lay angle, where lay length describes the pitch of one helical cycle and lay angle is related to lay length and pitch radius. 2. Wire thickness and width, where thickness is in the radial direction and width is in the circumferential direction. 3. Wire included angle, which is the angle subtended by two radial lines through the cable axis and the two sides of a keystone wire. 4. Wire diameter, which for round wire is equal to the layer thickness, and for jacketed round wire the wire diameter is less than layer thickness.

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Lay Length and Lay Angle

The document discusses different parameters used to describe wire geometry in cable cross-sections, including: 1. Lay length and lay angle, where lay length describes the pitch of one helical cycle and lay angle is related to lay length and pitch radius. 2. Wire thickness and width, where thickness is in the radial direction and width is in the circumferential direction. 3. Wire included angle, which is the angle subtended by two radial lines through the cable axis and the two sides of a keystone wire. 4. Wire diameter, which for round wire is equal to the layer thickness, and for jacketed round wire the wire diameter is less than layer thickness.

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Lay Length and Lay Angle

The lay length, l, describes the pitch of one complete helical cycle of a wire. It
corresponds to the lay angle,, according to the formula:

where R is the pitch radius of the helix measured between the cable axis and the
centroidal axis of the wire.
A helix that rotates according to the right-hand rule is defined as a Right-Hand Lay
(RHL) and must be entered as a positive number. Conversely, a Left-Hand Lay
(LHL) is entered as a negative number. The program permits you to enter either lay
length or lay angle.

Wire Thickness and Width


A rectangular wire is described by its thickness, t, in the radial direction and width in
the circumferential direction. The true wire width, w, should be input. The program
will display the projected wire width, w/cos , in plots as depicted in Figure 2-3(d).

Figure 2-3. Wire Geometry in Cable Cross-Section

Wire Included Angle


A keystone wire fully occupies the layer thickness. The included angle, , is the
angle subtended by two radial lines through the cable axis and the two sides of the
keystone (Figure 2-3(c)).

Wire Diameter
A round wire has a diameter equal to the layer thickness, where layer thickness is
one-half the difference of the layer OD and ID. A jacketed round wire has a wire
diameter, d, less than the layer thickness and a jacket diameter equal to the layer
thickness (Figure 2-3(b)).

Figure 2-3. Wire Geometry in Cable Cross-Section

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