<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>As the devices designed to transport materials, the overhead cranes should meet certain geometric requirements for their operation to be safe. The presently available geodetic equipment, in particular total stations, provides opportunities for precise 3D measurements of coordinates of the controlled points. These coordinates make a basis for correcting the height of crane runway axes. The paper presents a method to calculate position corrections for the crane rail axes in both vertical and horizontal direction, and indicates that these results can find much wider application. Among other goals, the observations of this type, along with the Kalman filtration method, can be used to predict vertical displacements of the crane rail axes. The object of practical considerations in the paper is a crane working in the area with unfavourable geotechnical conditions and the settling limits attributed to this crane and location area in the technical design. The sample practical application has confirmed the validity of the use of the proposed solution for evaluating the operational safety of the crane. Although the tests were performed for the gantry crane, the proposed solution is believed to be applicable for other types of overhead cranes.</p></abstract>

As the devices designed to transport materials, the overhead cranes should meet certain geometric requirements for their operation to be safe. The presently available geodetic equipment, in particular total stations, provides opportunities for precise 3D measurements of coordinates of the controlled points. These coordinates make a basis for correcting the height of crane runway axes. The paper presents a method to calculate position corrections for the crane rail axes in both vertical and horizontal direction, and indicates that these results can find much wider application. Among other goals, the observations of this type, along with the Kalman filtration method, can be used to predict vertical displacements of the crane rail axes. The object of practical considerations in the paper is a crane working in the area with unfavourable geotechnical conditions and the settling limits attributed to this crane and location area in the technical design. The sample practical application has confirmed the validity of the use of the proposed solution for evaluating the operational safety of the crane. Although the tests were performed for the gantry crane, the proposed solution is believed to be applicable for other types of overhead cranes.

The Application of Kalman Filtering to Predict Vertical Rail Axis Displacements of the Overhead Crane Being a Component of Seaport Transport Structure

1) Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

2) University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

Polish Maritime Research

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As the devices designed to transport materials, the overhead cranes should meet certain geometric requirements for their operation to be safe. The presently...

The Application of Kalman Filtering to Predict Vertical Rail Axis Displacements of the Overhead Crane Being a Component of Seaport Transport Structure

Published Online: Jun 30, 2016

Page range: 64 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2016-0022

Keywords
operational safety of the crane, rectification corrections, parametric method with conditions imposed on parameters, prediction, Kalman filtering

© 2016 Daria Filipiak – Kowszyk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Application of Kalman Filtering to Predict Vertical Rail Axis Displacements of the Overhead Crane Being a Component of Seaport Transport Structure

Published Online: Jun 30, 2016

Page range: 64 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pomr-2016-0022

Keywordsoperational safety of the crane, rectification corrections, parametric method with conditions imposed on parameters, prediction, Kalman filtering

© 2016 Daria Filipiak – Kowszyk et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
operational safety of the crane, rectification corrections, parametric method with conditions imposed on parameters, prediction, Kalman filtering