Crimping of a Cable Terminal
Application ID: 144191
Crimping is the plastic deformation process used to form an electrical joint between a stranded conductor and a terminal. The process involves complex multi-surface contact, including self-contact, as the terminal sleeve is plastically deformed around the wire strands. This example analyzes the crimping of an aviation wire terminal using an explicit dynamics simulation.
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