This paper presents a modeling method based on multibody dynamics formulation for simulating the three-dimensional nonlinear seismic response of a large, movable container crane, including the contact problem regarding the wheels attached to the bottom of its legs and the rails on which they ride. As a container crane is large and flexible structure, its wheels should be lifted up and derailed due to the seismic excitation. The contact configuration and the contact forces between the wheels and the rail or the ground that significantly affect the seismic response of the structure are classified and calculated in reference to geometric relationships between contact-judging markers on the wheels and the rails. It is found that the numerical simulations with the presented modeling method quite accurately simulates the nonlinear seismic response of a container crane including the uplifting and derailment behavior of the wheels that is found in large-scale model shaking tests.
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February 2004
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Nonlinear Seismic Responses of Container Cranes Including the Contact Problem Between Wheels and Rails
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Professor,,
e-mail: kobanobu@me.aoyama.ac.jp
Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8558, Japan
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Hiroshi Kuribara, Researcher,
Hiroshi Kuribara, Researcher
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Tomokazu Honda, Graduate Student,,
Tomokazu Honda, Graduate Student,
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Masahiro Watanabe, Associate Professor,
e-mail: watanabe@me.aoyama.ac.jp
Masahiro Watanabe, Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8558, Japan
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Nobuyuki Kobayashi, Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8558, Japan
e-mail: kobanobu@me.aoyama.ac.jp
Hiroshi Kuribara, Researcher
Tomokazu Honda, Graduate Student,
Masahiro Watanabe, Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1, Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8558, Japan
e-mail: watanabe@me.aoyama.ac.jp
Contributed by the Pressure Vessels and Piping Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF PRESSURE VESSEL TECHNOLOGY. Manuscript received by the PVP Division November 8, 2002; revision received May 15, 2003. Associate Editor: G. C. Slagis.
J. Pressure Vessel Technol. Feb 2004, 126(1): 59-65 (7 pages)
Published Online: February 26, 2004
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Received:
November 8, 2002
Revised:
May 15, 2003
Online:
February 26, 2004
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Kobayashi, N., Kuribara, H., Honda, T., and Watanabe, M. (February 26, 2004). "Nonlinear Seismic Responses of Container Cranes Including the Contact Problem Between Wheels and Rails ." ASME. J. Pressure Vessel Technol. February 2004; 126(1): 59–65. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1636786
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