DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS FOR STABILITY ANALYSIS OF TOWER CRANES

• Main Authors: Sinel'shchikov Aleksey Vladimirovich, Dzhalmukhambetov Abay Ibatullaevich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (MGSU) 2018-01-01
• Series: Vestnik MGSU
• Subjects: tower crane; stability; safety; numerical simulation; finite element method
• Online Access: http://vestnikmgsu.ru/index.php/archive/article/download/4130

Tower cranes are one of the main tools for execution of reloading works during construction. Design of tower cranes is carried out in accordance with RD 22-166-86 “Construction of tower cranes. Rules of analysis”, according to which to ensure stability it is required not to exceed the overturning moment upper limit. The calculation of these moments is carried out with the use of empirical coefficients and quite time-consuming. Moreover, normative methodology only considers the static position of the crane and does not take into account the presence of dynamic transients due to crane functioning (lifting and swinging of the load, boom turning) and the presence of the dynamic external load (e.g. from wind for different orientations of the crane). This paper proposes a method of determining the stability coefficient of the crane based on acting reaction forces at the support points - the points of contact of wheels with the crane rail track, which allows us, at the design stage, to investigate stability of tower crane under variable external loads and operating conditions. Subject: the safety of tower cranes operation with regard to compliance with regulatory requirements of ensuring their stability both at the design stage and at the operational stage. Research objectives: increasing the safety of operation of tower cranes on the basis of improving methodology of their design to ensure static and dynamic stability. Materials and methods: analysis and synthesis of the regulatory framework and modern research works on provision of safe operation of tower cranes, the method of numerical simulation. Results: we proposed the formula for analysis of stability of tower cranes using the resulting reaction forces at the supports of the crane at the point of contact of the wheel with the rail track.