Design of grabs under operational conditions (abstract)

Title

Design of grabs under operational conditions (abstract)

 Author

de Vries, Niels (TU Delft Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering; TU Delft Transport Engineering and Logistics)

Contributor

Schott, D.L. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0001-5499-7123
Mohajeri, M. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0002-4729-6457
Jovanova, J. (mentor) ORCID 0000-0001-8347-6386
de Kluijver, W. (mentor)
Miedema, S.A. (graduation committee) ORCID 0000-0002-2986-9784

 Degree granting institution

Delft University of Technology

 Programme

Marine Technology | Transport Engineering and Logistics

 Date

2020-09-24

 Abstract

Bulk materials such as iron ore transported by bulk carriers are commonly unloaded by the use of grabs. The unloading process is time consuming and increasing the unloading capacity is of big importance for terminals. A validated co-simulation developed by the TU Delft in cooperation with Nemag enables to test grabs in the virtual environment. In practice a variation in unloading capacity is seen, due to dynamic operational conditions, such as different crane operators and bulk surface irregularities. To improve grab design the influence of operational conditions on the unloading capacity is investigated. Based on those results a design modification has been proposed and showed promising results.

 Subject

Grabs
DEM
Operational conditions
Optimization

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Student theses

 Document type

master thesis

 Rights

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