%0 Journal Article %T Simulation of a Steel Wire Straightening Taking into Account Nonlinear Hardening of Material %A I. Khromov %A R. Kawalla %J Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research %D 2012 %I %X Straightening is used to ensure the straightness of a rod workpiece as well as to redistribute or reduce the residual stresses in a finished product. The accuracy of modeling the operation of this kind plays an important role when manufacturing high quality ropes and cables of a small diameter. The physical model of alternating wire bending in a straightener has been considered in the paper. Computer methodology has been developed to calculate deflected mode and internal bending moment in a cross section of a wire at the different stages of deformation, which allowed taking into account nonlinear hardening of the material. %K elastic-plastic deformation %K deflected mode %K nonlinear hardening %K straightener %U http://www.etasr.com/index.php/ETASR/article/download/275/151