Reduce the sway of the crane payload using on-off damping
radial spring-damper
Authors: Kien Trong NGUYEN and Long Ngoc TRAN
Mechanical Engineering Journal
: Vol.10, No.1 : 22-00321
Publishing year: 2/2023
Operating cranes is challenging because payloads can experience large and dangerous oscillations. One of the
solutions to reduce the sway oscillation of the crane payload is to use a passive damper. This method is simple
but has limited effectiveness because without adaptability and flexibility to prevent adverse movements and
amplify the favorable ones. This paper proposes an on-off damping controller for the semi-active damper to
improve the passive damper. The on-off damping control aims to amplify the radial motion of the damper to
increase the energy dissipated, then reduce the sway vibration. The effectiveness of the proposed controller is
verified by numerical simulations of a 2D crane.
Coriolis force, Anti-sway control, On-off damping