wb3406B

Course code: wb3406B Course name: Transport Engineering and Hoisting Equipment Course expired. See wb3422-03 ECTS credit points: 4
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine technology
Section Transport and Logistics Technology
Lecturer: Gerstel, dr.ir. A.W. Email Blackboard	Tel.: 015-27 86706
Catalog data: Container terminals, container- and crab loading and unloading gantry cranes, trolley-cable systems, lay-out front-reach support, luffing cranes, design of crane details, jib cranes, engineering standards, motion dynamics, wind forces, crack and folding of bars and plates, rail-wheel concept, hoisting and traveling cables, box girders.	Course year: MSc 1st year Period: 2A / 2B Hours p/w: 2 Assessment: Oral Assessm.period(s): 2A, 2B Academic calendar
Prerequisites: wb1308, wb1309, wb2206, wb3300, wb3406a, wb5201, wi232wb
Follow up: wb3417
Associated with: Bulk Materials Handling Systems and Equipment Code: Wb3412
Detailed description of topics: Lay-out and operation of container terminals. Philosophy of main ports. Data and main dimensions of cranes, specification of crane cycle time. Flow sheet of engineering process. Several configurations for main lay-out of gantry cranes. Strength and stiffness, specification of forces. Second trolley system. Design concepts of back reach, front reach and central bridge of the crane. Support of front reach and back reach, several box-type front reaches. Connection between front reach and foreleg of the crane. Several types of cable-trolley systems. Trim, list and skew facilities, sag of hoisting cables, loss of energy and internal forces due to type of cable-trolley system. Dynamics of hoisting operation and trolley traveling. Suppress of swing of the load. Choice of type and optimization of the front reach lay-out of gantry cranes on base of selection criteria. Types of crab cranes, lay-out and properties of hoisting cable system. Analysis of forces in crab mechanism, drive of closing and hoisting movement. Several types of single and double luffing cranes, kinematics and forces due to luffing operation, balancing of mass, optimal design, energy efficiency. Detailed design of some crane parts. Physical basics of wind, characteristics at sea and inland, static and dynamic wind forces on cranes, relation with engineering standards. Von Karman effects and vibrating excitation of construction parts. Concepts to avoid vibrations. Engineering standards. Definitions, specification of hoisting and goods handling equipment as related to lifetime and character of crane operation. Specification of forces on the construction, calculation methods. Types of welding connections of steel plates, concepts to support rails on outreach and bridge beams. Crack of bars, basics and engineering standards, crack of compound bar constructions. Properties and choice of cables, guiding wheels and cable drums. Support of gantry cranes on rails using several wheel units. Rail-wheel contact, forces between rail and concrete. Calculation and conceptual design of box girders.
Course material: Gerstel, A.W.: "Transport Engineering and Crane Design. Drawings and annotations", 3rd edition, januari 2000. On sale at the Faculty Design Construction and Production.
References from literature: Verschoof.J.:"Cranes. Design, Practice and Maintenance", 1999, Published by "Professional Engineering Publishing Ltd', UK ISBN 1 86058 130 7. G. Pajer e.a., Grundlage der Foerdertechnik. Ref. 19. G. Pajer, ISBN 3-341-00647-8. Foerdern und Heben, Leading magazine in German. Cargo Systems, International Journal
Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.: Main course in the graduating study Transport Engineering and Logistics.
Learning goals: Explanation of methods and way of thinking for the engineering of equipment for the handling of goods. Application and integration in the engineering process of basic disciplines, creativity, engineering feeling and proven technology.
Computer use: Explanation of computer supported calculations. Spreadsheets.
Combination with the course wb3416: The course is combined with "Design of equipment with the finite element method" organized as 6 meetings of half a day during which assignments have to be done concerning the conceptual design of (parts of) transport and hoisting equipment.
Laboratory projects: Simulation of dynamic systems (MATLAB/SIMULINK). Finite element methods (ANSYS), calculation of stresses, tensions and vibrations of structures.
Percentage of design: 100 %