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Title: Swing-free transport of suspended loads. Summer research report

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/184268· OSTI ID:184268

Transportation of large objects using traditional bridge crane can induce pendulum motion (swing) of the object. In environments such as factory the energy contained in the swinging mass can be large and therefore attempts to move the mass onto target while still swinging can cause considerable damage. Oscillations must be damped or allowed to decay before the next process can take place. Stopping the swing can be accomplished by moving the bridge in a manner to counteract the swing which sometimes can be done by skilled operator, or by waiting for the swing to damp sufficiently that the object can be moved to the target without risk of damage. One of the methods that can be utilized for oscillation suppression is input preshaping. The validity of this method depends on the exact knowledge of the system dynamics. This method can be modified to provide some degrees of robustness with respect to unknown dynamics but at the cost of the speed of transient response. This report describes investigations on the development of a controller to dampen the oscillations.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76OR00033
OSTI ID:
184268
Report Number(s):
DOE/OR/00033-T662; ON: DE96004958; TRN: 96:001289
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English