Design and Finite Element Analysis of Gantry Crane

Abstract

Today in the world, shipyards industry work continuously and build a ship in limited time. They need a lot of cranes in different tonnages to lift and move the parts of the ships. Projects of the cranes design in need of the shipyards. While designing the crane geometry, the load which will be lifted, the lifting height and the situation of the area where the crane will work should be considered. The main characteristics as the height of the crane, the distance between the rails, the lifting height, speed of the crane and speed of the trolley are determined. The geometry of all parts and the features of the power and transmission components are specified. The suitability of the geometry is tested with an analyze program. Three dimensional geometry of the crane is built with a CAD program, and then this geometry is modeled with using the finite element method.