Research Article MODELING AND FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CRANE BOOM Bhupender Singh 1 , Bhaskar Nagar 2 , B.S. Kadam 3 , Anuj kumar 4
Address for Correspondence 1,2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, YMCAUST, Faridabad-121006 3,4 Department of Mechanical Engineering, AITM Palwal-121102 ABSTRACT In todays world of growing competition, all industries are trying their best to give the components of high quality with minimum expenditure. So in present work the solid modeling and finite element analysis of crane boom has been done using PRO/E WILDFIRE 2.0 and ALTAIR HYPER MESH with OPTISTRUCT 8.0 SOLVER Software to get the variation of stress and displacement in the various parts of the crane boom and possible actions are taken to avoid the high stress level and displacement. There are lot of applications of crane in industries and our daily life also. As it is a material handling machine, it is used for lifting loads and moves it from one place to another. In case of telescopic crane the whole weight/load is carried by its boom. Now a days, these types of cranes are commonly used due to less manufacturing cost, less space required and load can be lifted up to a maximum height very easily. INTRODUCTION It is desirable for every material handling manufacturing industry to provide the economy as in fuel consumption as well as maximum life of various parts of the equipment. So it is high necessary to predict the loading capacity for which the crane boom life is maximum. So in present work this has been successfully done and also path is provided for analyzing other crane parts in similar manner. Crane boom has been analyzed for different load application at three different points and the loading capacity for which the value of stress is acceptable has been predicted. the objective of the present work may include modeling of crane parts and other mechanical components with the help of PRO/E software and analyzing the parts using ALTAIR HYPER MESH software. Beside the work also includes: 1. Testing whether boom is safe for the various loading conditions or not. 2. Exploring ways to reduce the stress level in various parts of the boom. 3. Finding out various techniques of modeling such objects and finding out most appropriate method for modeling them. 4. Declaring the safest load carrying capacity for the maximum boom life and minimum stress level and displacement in lifting condition. 5. To provide the path for analyzing the other crane parts in similar manner to get maximum life and also saving the huge money required for prototype or physical model generation and testing. Material of the crane boom The crane boom is manufactured by mild steel material having Indian standard 2062 with grade A. Mild steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with carbon contents from 0.15% to 0.45%. The carbon occurs in form of iron carbide, because of its ability to increase the hardness and strength of steel. Other elements like silicon, sulphur, phosphorus and manganese are also present to greater or less amount to impart certain desired properties to it. Table 1.1 Mechanical Properties of MS-IS2062 A Grade The Mechanical Properties of Mild Steel-IS 2062 A Grade are as follows:-
Ultimate tensile strength (min.) 410 Mpa Yield Strength (min.) 230-250 Mpa Percentage Elongation min.5.65 sqrt(so) 23 Bend Test 25 mm Mass Density 7.85 kg/m3 Poissons Ratio 0.29 There are so many softwares now a day available in industries for standard modeling. CATIA, UG, I- Deas, Solidworks and Pro/E. Out of these Pro/E generates the best models in case of solids, i.e. the reason we use this for modeling of crane boom part. The figure 2.8 shows a set of modeling commands and how they are engaged with one another. Earlier views of Crane boom
Figure 1.1 Left front view of crane boom
Figure 1.2 Right front view of crane boom Figure 1.1& 1.2 shows the three dimensional view of crane boom used earlier in the crane by the industry. The boom position is left front view in the figure 1.1 and right front view in the figure 1.2. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Studies E-ISSN2249 8974 IJAERS/Vol. I/ Issue I/October-December, 2011/51-52
The thickness of the boom was 28 mm at that time and is made of MS-IS-1092 material. The boom was fixed at two points in the crane assembly. Figure 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 & 1.6shows the three-dimensional view of crane boom prepared after certain modifications or we can say modified views of crane boom in different position. The thickness of the boom is now reduced to 25 mm at all position and is made of MS- IS-2062 material. The boom is fixed at three points in the crane assembly.
Fig. 1.3 Modified Left front view of crane boom
Fig. 1.4 Modified right front view of crane boom
Figure 1.5 & 1.6 Modified right front view of crane boom at different position FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF CRANE BOOM 1. Finite element analysis is a mathematical method that can be used to solve various problems such as stress analysis, heat conduction, electrical fields, magnetic fields, ideal fluid flow, etc. 2. In structural analysis, FEA can be use to solve for the displacement and stress for a complicated structure, under a given loading and boundary condition. SOLLUTION PROCEEDURE After the solid model generation using Pro-E wild fire 2.0 software the solid model is imported to analysis 8.1 software for finite element analysis purpose. In this the stress distributions over the boom have been studied under the applied load. In the present section the brief description of the method used for this work ALTAIR Hyper Mesh was developed in head quarter in Canonsburg, USA. The present work falls under the static structural field. ALTAIR HYPERMESH follows following path for performing the analysis: Preliminary Decisions, Preprocessors, Solution, Post processor Preliminary decisions: At this level first the mode of the software is selected that is best suited for the component. We can also say an oral report is prepared according to component shape, size and material etc. then final data is entered in further steps. Preprocessor: In this stage we provide the input data to the system. This is highly important stage in analysis: Modeling of the Crane Boom, Mesh generation of the Crane Boom, Modeling of loads Modeling of Crane Boom: The Crane Boom is a three dimension structure. The element type used is SOLID tetrahedral. The element is defined by 4 nodes having three degree of freedom at each node translation in the nodal x, y, and z directions. Command: preprocessor>> element type> add/edit/delete Mesh generation of the Crane Boom: During this step mesh of regular shape is generated on the surface of the component. More the irregularity of mesh shape more the chances of error occurrence. Material properties: As far as material of the Crane Boom is concerned the material is MS-Grade IS- 2062. Modeling of loads: For analyzing here the analysis is done for three different conditions: Load carrying capacity. In this level the software interprets the data and finds actual results. These results are in form of displacement at which point is minimum and at which point is maximum and send the information regarding the failure of the component. Post processor: This level of software sends results to the display menu and the methods to avoid the failure to increase the life of the component. This plays an important role in the modification of design of the component. Finite Element Model in Altair Hyper Mesh The crane boom modeled in Pro-engg imported in the Altair Hyper Mesh software and the module Optistruct solver 8.0 is used. The figure 3.6 shows the values of nodes elements, surfaces of booms and the modeled view in software. International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Studies E-ISSN2249 8974 IJAERS/Vol. I/ Issue I/October-December, 2011/51-52
Figure 1.7 Crane Boom imported in Altair Hyper mesh software Analysis Procedure of Altair Hyper Mesh for Crane Boom Case 1: For 6 Tone Weight/load
Figure 1.8 &1.9 Left and Right Side and Front view of crane boom under the application of 6 Tonne Load
Figure 2.0Von mises stress distribution for 6 ton loading condition Finite element model information: 1. Number of nodes: 63970, 2. Number of elements: 235794, 3. Number of rigid elements: 5, 4. Number of rigid element constraints: 2469 5. Number of degrees of freedom: 194376 6. Number of non-zero stiffness terms: 3624351 Elements: 1. Number of TETRA elements: 235794 Loads and boundaries: 1. Number of FORCE sets: 1Number of SPC sets: 1 Materials and properties: 1. Number of PSOLID cards: 1 2. Number of MAT1 cards: 1 Static Sub cases information: Subcase ID SPC ID Force ID Weight 2 1 2 1.00 1. Maximum displacement is 1.91mm at grid 152789. 2. Maximum 3-D element stress is 238MPa in element 638087 Finite element model information: 1. Number of nodes: 63970 2. Number of elements: 235794 3. Number of rigid elements: 5 4. Number of rigid element constraints: 2469 5. Number of degrees of freedom: 194376 6. Number of non-zero stiffness terms: 3624351 Elements: 1. Number of TETRA elements: 235794 Loads and boundaries: 1. Number of FORCE sets: 1 2. Number of SPC sets: 1 Materials and properties: 1. Number of PSOLID cards: 1 2. Number of MAT1 cards: 1 Static Subcases information: 1. Subcase ID SPC ID Force ID Weight 2 1 2 1.00 RESULTS & DISCUSSIONS At first point of crane boom the load applied is 6000kg. At this point load is carried with the help of a hook. The maximum displacement is 1.91mm and maximum 3-D element stress is 238 MPa near the upper portion where the wire assembly is done. In the figure it is shown by red colour.During the analysis, the Sparse- Matrix Solver is used and the size of maximum memory used is129 MB and maximum disk space used is 647 MB. The analysis is carried out in three load steps. The total analysis time is approximately four hours taken by the software. Table 1.2 Nodal information Entity Number defined Description Solid 2, 35,794 4 Nodded Tetrahedron Nodes 63,970 Critical points Table 1.3 Displacements (mm) Minimum 0.0063 Maximum 1.91 Table 1.4 Shear Stresses Minimum 171 MPa Maximum 238 MPa International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Studies E-ISSN2249 8974 IJAERS/Vol. I/ Issue I/October-December, 2011/51-52
From the result obtained from the analysis this is concluded that the values of the stresses are maximum for case 1(6 Tonne load). The life of the boom will be minimum if it is working at that point. So try to lift the load slightly less than its capacity at this point to get the maximum life of the crane boom. Conclusions and Scope for Future Work The thesis starts with geometric and solid modeling, which is important and essential aspect for the design and manufacturing engineers from the viewpoint of shape realization. The thesis present unified solid model of Crane Boom, which is equivalent to actual physical model of the crane boom. The geometry of the boom surface patch is influenced by the topology of the boom and is specified by the establishing proper bounds to the parameters defining the unbounded surfaces along with ensuring continuity condition. The solid model is created using Pro/E Wildfire 2.0 using given dimensions. Then the solid model is imported to ALTAIR HYPER MESH and analysis of the model is carried out in OPTISTRUCT SOLVER 8.0 under given constraints. Present dissertation calculates the stress and deformation at different nodes of the discretized model of using ALTAIR HYPER MESH 8.1 software. The stress values calculated for three load points were found to be under the limits of ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of boom material. So it can be said that under the given conditions of boom material and load carrying capacity, crane boom is safe to lift the load up to 12 Tonne. By using Finite Element Analysis the following objectives have been achieved 1. Weight Reduction (4.86 kg, approx.5kg). 2. Stresses are within limits (at higher load points). 3. Cost cutting (Rs-180/- for a single component). The analysis also concluded that maximum stress is coming near the fixing position. REFERENCE 1. Anup Kumar Dube, V.B.Kunturkar, B.M.Dabade and V.M.Nandedkar, Finite element analysis of a tractor steering lever link (2 tier) 2. Bhaskar Nagar, 2005, Modeling and Finite element Analysis of Car Wheel, M.Tech Dissertation, MDniversity Rohtak, India, Page 1-67 3. Floriani, L.D. and Hui., A., A scalable data structure for three dimensional objects 4. Gueorguieva, S and Marcheix, D., Boundary Representation for Solid Modeling 5. Imani B. M. and Elbestawi M., 2001, Geometric Simulation of Ball-End Milling Operations, Jounral of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, pg. l77 -184 6. Krishanamurthy C.K, Finite Element Analysis, Tata Mcgraw Hill, Publishing Company Limited. 7. Luo,Y.. and Luhacs. G., 2001, A Boundary Representation for Form Features and Non-Manifold Solid Objects, First ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling, pg. 45-60 8. Mantyla, M., 1988, An Introduction to Solid Modeling, Computer Science Press 9. Pro-engineering wildfire reference guide by CADD CENTRE, 2005