Papers by Keyword: Container Crane

Abstract: This paper discusses heavy-lifting sea-transportation of 831-ton container-crane in Indonesia from Surabaya to Kupang. Structural strength analysis is carried out to ensure the safety of the crane during the transportation process. The purpose of this analysis is to design the sea-fastening construction capable of redistributing the excessive stress that might occurred, to avoid structural failure. The first step is to model the crane structure and barge under certain various drafts. This is important because selection of the proper draft will determine the suitable righting moments of barge and hence to ensure good stability. The selected drafts under investigation are taken between 0.25 T to 0.75 T. The result of the structural strength calculation shows that the static load is found around 8150 kN. Loads due to motion of barge for heave, roll, and pitch motions are 116 kN, 7424 kN, and 232kN, respectively. Location of the high stress due to the motion is identified at the bottom of the crane structure so that the design of sea-fastening constructions will be concentrated in the vicinity of this position. The values of Unity Check after fitting the sea-fastening construction are reduced to 0.940, 0.704, and 0.702, respectively. It is concluded that the structure of container crane under such sea-fastening design is proven to be capable of overcoming the loads during transportation process.

Abstract: Earthquakes pose a threat to large-scale container cranes. Previous earthquakes damaged many container cranes, which had a significant impact on business interruption losses of the port. In this paper, a container crane’s seismic response is analyzed in ANSYS. First, a finite element model of a container crane is developed. Then, based on the equations of structural dynamics, the four most important modes of the container crane are extracted. Finally, a time history analysis is conducted to obtain the displacements of some critical nodes on the crane model under the excitation of an earthquake wave. The result of this paper provides a reference for the seismic design of container cranes.

Abstract: This paper establishes the mathematical model of the system of container crane, and then introduced the CMAC and PID compound control principle and characteristics, and PID control of the position of the container crane , CMAC-PID control of the position of the container crane, and CMAC-PID control of container crane's position and angle. The simulation results show that the crane based on the CMAC and PID compound control has a very good positioning and anti-swing effect.

Abstract: This paper presents an approach to evaluate the structural fatigue life of port cranes. Based on a testing of 40t/45m container crane in a port of China, the stress time-history collection, data processing, the determination of S-N curve and the distribution of the load amplitude is analyzed in detail. Finally, the modified linear cumulative damage law is employed to evaluate the remaining safety service life of the container crane. The result of this study can be a reference for the anti-fatigue structural design of cranes, and it also provides a guideline for ports’ management and maintenance departments to make maintenance plans for port cranes.

Abstract: This study is conducted to provide a compensation formula to design the stowing devices - a tie-down rod and a stowage pin - and an alarm system to prevent an overturning of a container crane under wind loads. Two method, namely FSI(fluid-structure interaction) analysis and wind tunnel test, are adopted in this investigation. In order to evaluate the effect of wind load on the stability of the crane, 50-ton class container crane widely used in container terminals is adopted for analytic model and 19-values are considered for wind direction as design parameter. First, the wind tunnel test for the reduced scale container crane model is performed according to the wind direction using an Eiffel type atmospheric boundary-layer wind tunnel. Next, FSI analysis for a full-scale container crane is conducted using ANSYS and CFX. Then, the uplift force obtained from FSI analysis is compared with that yielded by the wind tunnel test. Finally, a formula is suggested to compensate the difference between the FSI analysis and the wind tunnel test.

Abstract: In this study we carried out to analyze the effect of wind load on the structural stability of a container crane according to the change of the boom shape using wind tunnel test and provided a container crane designer with data which can be used in a wind resistance design of a container crane assuming that a wind load at 75m/s wind velocity is applied on a container crane. Data acquisition conditions for this experiment were established in accordance with the similarity. The scale of a container crane dimension, wind velocity and time were chosen as 1/200, 1/13.3 and 1/15. And this experiment was implemented in an Eiffel type atmospheric boundary-layer wind tunnel with 11.52m2 cross-section area. Each directional drag and overturning moment coefficients were investigated.