Performance of Composite, Flat-Belt-Drive Materials under Simulated Power Transmission

A method of simulating a flat belt drive under power-transmission conditions is given. Stress-strain data are obtained using a photoelastic coating technique. Tension-strain equations are evaluated using a computer program based on Forsythe's method of orthogonal polynomials. An indication of how the data may be used to arrive at the operating tensions of an actual belt drive is given.