Crane fatigue assessment using Multibody Dynamics and Finite Element Method

Master thesis (2017)

Authors

C.J. Tawjoeram Mechanical Engineering

Contributors

X. Jiang (mentor)
D.L. Schott (graduation committee member)
J.H. den Besten (graduation committee member)
Marco Holleman (mentor)
Faculty
Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Copyright: © 2017 Clive Tawjoeram
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Published Date

28-11-2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Mechanical Engineering

Abstract

For decades crane standards are used to assess crane fatigue making use of a static method in combination with factors to take dynamic load effects into account. This is not sufficient to make more accurate predictions. The proposed method benefits from state of the art Multibody Dynamics simulation tool Msc ADAMS and Finite Element software ANSYS to quantify the contribution of the dynamic load influence during operation on the structural fatigue damage. With a study case, the application of this method is proven feasible and reveals that the contribution of the dynamic effects are higher compared to the NEN2018/2019 crane standard used in this research.