Standard Stress Methods

Pulley and Control Cable Loads

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D.1.0.0 REFERENCES
[1] Advisory Circular AC 43-13 A/C Hardware Control Cables and Turnbuckles
[2] Military Standard MS20220
[3] Military Standard MS24566

D.1.1.0 PULLEY LOAD AS A FUNCTION OF WRAP ANGLE - DERIVATION OF THE EQUATION

PC = Tension in the Cable
PP = Load on the Pulley

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D.1.2.0 PULLEY LOAD AS A FUNCTION OF WRAP ANGLE
PULLEY:

No.;

4
MS24566-4B

PALL =
CABLE:

D:
Mat'l:

1 thru 10, From Table 2

Pulley Part and Dash No.

1200 lbs

Allowable Limit Load on Pulley

7
Cable Diameter 1 thru 26, From Table 1
2
Cable Material 1 thru 3, From Table 1
0.125 in Dia. Cable, MIL-W-83420 COMP B (CRES)

PULT =

1,760 lbs

Cable Minimum Breaking Strength (Ultimate)

PAll =

1,173 lbs

Cable Limit Strength

PC =

755 lbs
85 deg

=
PP =

1,020 lbs

Limit Tension in the Cable

Wrap Angle (0o - 180o)
Limit Load on the Pulley
MSCABLE =

0.55

MSPULLEY =

0.18

1,600

Lim it Load [lbs ]

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0
0

10

20

30

40

50

Fig. 1

60

Wrap Angle
[de gree
70
80
90
100s] 110

Pulley Load vs. Wrap Angle

120

130

140

150

160

170

180

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Pulley and Control Cable Loads
D.1.1.0 TYPICAL CONTROL CABLE DATA

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26

Nominal
Daimeter
of Wire
Rope Cable
[in]
1/32
3/64
1/16
1/16
3/32
3/32
1/ 8
5/32
3/16
7/32
1/ 4
9/32
5/16
11/32
3/ 8
7/16
1/ 2
9/16
5/ 8
3/ 4
7/ 8
1
1 1/ 8
1 1/ 4
1 3/ 8
1 1/ 2

Constru
ction

3x7
7x7
7x7
7 x 19
7x7
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
7 x 19
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC
6 x 19 IWRC

Table 1

Tolerance
on
Diameter
(Plus Only)
[in]
0.006
0.008
0.010
0.010
0.012
0.012
0.014
0.016
0.018
0.018
0.018
0.020
0.022
0.024
0.026
0.030
0.033
0.036
0.039
0.045
0.048
0.050
0.054
0.057
0.060
0.062

1
2
3
Minimum Breaking Strength
MIL-WMIL-WMIL-C83420
83420
18375
COMP A
COMP B
(CRES)
(CRES)
[lbs]
[lbs]
[lbs]
110
110
270
270
480
480
360
480
480
920
920
700
1,000
920
2,000
1,760
1,300
2,800
2,400
2,000
4,200
3,700
2,900
5,600
5,000
3,800
7,000
6,400
4,900
8,000
7,800
6,100
9,800
9,000
7,600
12,500
14,400
12,000
11,000
17,600
16,300
14,900
22,800
22,800
19,300
28,500
28,500
24,300
35,000
35,000
30,100
49,600
49,600
42,900
66,500
66,500
58,000
85,400
85,400
75,200
106,400
106,400
129,400
129,400
153,600
153,600
180,500
180,500

Flexible Cable Physical Properties, Ref. [1]

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D.1.1.0 TYPICAL PULLEY DATA

1
2
3
4
5
6

Pulley
Dash
Number
MS24566-1B
MS24566-2B
MS24566-3B
MS24566-4B
MS24566-5B
MS24566-6B

Allowable
Limit
Load
300
500
600
1200
3000
4000

7
8
9
10

MS20220-1
MS20220-2
MS20220-3
MS20220-4

500
1680
2500

No.

Table 2

Pulley Physical Properties, Ref. [2], and [3].

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Annex A
Pulley and Control Cable Loads
A.1.0.0 PULLEY DATA

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Annex A
Pulley and Control Cable Loads
A.1.0.0 PULLEY DATA (continued)

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Pulley and Control Cable Loads
A.1.0.0 CABLE DATA

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