Tower Crane.pptVIP

By John Liedig Jouline Nour Introduction Tower cranes are a common fixture at any major construction site. They often rise hundreds of feet into the air, and can reach out just as far. Tower cranes are used to lift steel, concrete, large tools like acetylene torches and generators, and a wide variety of other building materials. Arm and Tower Sections Dimensions The tower crane is approximately 120m tall 10m wide The counter weighted arm is 60m long And the main jib can be as long as 90m Modelled Tower Crane Looked at 2 scenarios 2d 3d The aim was to determine the differences in both 2D and 3D cases in relation to displacement and stress analysis Objectives To use Strand 7 on a complicated structure such as a tower crane Model the tower crane to the dimensions given from relevant data Determine stresses and displacements associated from various locations of loads on the structure Try and improve the structure Objectives To see if there was a better way of modelling the tower crane on Strand 7 Through using different materials Modifying the shape Method Determined the dimensions of the tower crane using data from the internet and other relevant crane construction guides Determined various components involved in the tower crane Identified the materials for each of the various components and then selected these from the strand 7 library Method Drew a 2D representation of the tower then the arm and then used strand 7 commands to convert into a 3D structure Entered various loading scenarios Ran analysis Modified the elements accordingly to meet acceptable limits in the results. Materials The materials used were predominantly structural steel of various sizes The cable also is made from steel with a free length ranging from 50 to 80m All sections are circular hollow sections Load Cases Taken a variety of load cases Loads were placed at individual nodes along the arm of the tower crane In the final report the natural frequency is also going to be considered but h