<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents a comparative analysis of two kinematic structures of the support system (with supports with bilateral and unilateral constraints), which were used in an experimental model of a crane. The computational model was developed by using the ADAMS software. The impact of the kinematic structure of the support system on selected kinematic and dynamic values that were recorded during the slewing motion was analysed. It was found, among other things, that an increased number of degrees of freedom of the support system leads to multiple distortions of time characteristics of kinematic and dynamic quantities.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a comparative analysis of two kinematic structures of the support system (with supports with bilateral and unilateral constraints), which were used in an experimental model of a crane. The computational model was developed by using the ADAMS software. The impact of the kinematic structure of the support system on selected kinematic and dynamic values that were recorded during the slewing motion was analysed. It was found, among other things, that an increased number of degrees of freedom of the support system leads to multiple distortions of time characteristics of kinematic and dynamic quantities.

The Impact of the Support System’s Kinematic Structure on Selected Kinematic and Dynamic Quantities of an Experimental Crane

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Engineering Fundamentals, University of Bielsko-Biala, ul. Willowa 2, 43-309 Bielsko-Biała, Poland

Acta Mechanica et Automatica

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This paper presents a comparative analysis of two kinematic structures of the support system (with supports with bilateral and unilateral constraints), which...

The Impact of the Support System’s Kinematic Structure on Selected Kinematic and Dynamic Quantities of an Experimental Crane

Published Online: Jan 27, 2015

Page range: 189 - 193

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ama-2014-0034

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