along multi-wire ropes with polymer cores and to determine whether it is possible to detect
defects and to identify a defective strand inside the internal structure of a multi-wire rope.
The modes of UGW that propagate along multi-wire ropes have been identified using
modelling wherein dispersion curves are calculated using the semi-analytical finite element
(SAFE) technique. The optimal excitation regions were estimated using 3D FE modelling. An …