Parametric FE study of inclusion-induced stress concentration in offshore steel wire ropes under tension and torsion

It includes key numerical simulation results derived from a three-layer steel wire rope model under axial tensile and torsional loading. The data are organised as follows: (i) stress-strain response curves, including maximum von Mises stress as a function of inclusion depth, maximum von Mises stress as a function of inclusion apex angle, and equivalent plastic strain as a function of torsional strain; (ii) interfacial von Mises stress fluctuation at the wire-inclusion interface for different inclusion materials and depths.

All data presented in this dataset are derived from finite element simulations using ABAQUS and HyperMesh. Additional supporting data—including geometric parameters, material properties, mesh convergence results, post-yield plastic data, and stress distribution contours—are fully presented within the associated article. No additional external datasets were generated or analysed during this study.