ANALYSIS OF THE DESIGN OF THE MAIN CRANE FOUNDATION OF A

OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH VESSEL

JOSE ALEJANDRO DELGADO VERA
EVELYN STEFANIA HEREDIA CRUZ
Agenda
INTRODUCTION
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
METHODOLOGY
PROCEDURE (ANSYS WORKBENCH SOFTWARE)
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE CODE
ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS
CONCLUSIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT
Objective
Deduce the most efficient way to model the main crane foundation of an Oceanographic
research vessel.
Software
◦ Rhinoceros 5.0
◦ ANSYS Workbench 17.1
◦ Microsoft Visual Basic Fortran 90/ Library Plot88 (2D)
◦ Microsoft Visual Basic Fortran 90/ Library DXFortranStd (3D)
METHODOLOGY
 Select the crane to analyze
 Analyze the work area to get the scantling
 Determine the structure to support the
maximum load
 Model the structure in the Rhinoceros
Software
 Analyze the ANSYS Workbench software
(Static Structural module)
 Plot the structure using Library Plot88 (2D)
Plot the mesh of structure using Library
DXFortranStd (3D)

Illustration 1 - Oceanographic Research Vessel

PROCEDURE (ANSYS WORKBENCH SOFTWARE)

STEP 1

Illustration 3 - Surfaces of a deck plate with its beams and stiffener generated with Rhinoceros 5.0 Software
STEP 2

Illustration 4.- for this analysis we will use STATIC Illustration 5.- Material Configuration.
STRUCTURAL Module
STEP 3

Illustration 6.- Steps to import the model from Rhinoceros to

Geometry
STEP 4

Illustration 7 - Verify the Geometry of the structure and

coordinate system
STEP 5
Force Reaction X Rx 5.1013E+5 [N]
Force Reaction Y Ry 5.0608E+5 [N]

Illustration 8 - Static Structural Analysis of A-frame (Provided

by SLEM S.A)
 STEP 6,7
Plate deck Pl 12.7 mm
Transversal Girder T 330x6.0x100x6.0 mm
Longitudinal T 410x8.0x130x8.0 mm
Stiffener L 120x8.0x80x8.0 mm
Stanchion Ø 155.8 mm, t: 8 mm

Illustration 10 - Mesh Connection

Management

Illustration 9 - Thicknesses
management for each element
 STEP 8,9

Illustration 11 - Mesh Connection Illustration 12 - Static Illustration 13 - Forces and supports in the
Developed Structural configurations system
DESCRIPTION OF THE SOURCE CODE
 First option
CALL dfGraph3D (Archdxf,Texto,TextX,TextY,x,y,z,n,L)
 Second option
o CALL dfStart (archdxf,FileNum)
o CALL dfAxis (texto,textX,textY,x,y,z,n)
o CALL dfGraph (ex,ey,ez,n,L)
o CALL dfEnded(FileNum)
CONCLUSIONS
Recommendation
THANK YOU