Affiliation:
1. Department of Machine Design and Composite Structures, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Cracow University of Technology, Al. Jana Pawła II 37, 31-864 Kraków, Poland
Abstract
The current work is devoted to the numerical determination of the wind speed value, which can cause the overturning of the mobile elevating work platform of the scissor lift type. In the first step of the analysis, the scaled model of the real vehicle is prepared. In the second step, the model is used in the aerodynamic tunnel to determine the aerodynamic force values and moment, which act on the vehicle. The three different configurations of the work platform are considered, namely: (a) The work platform raised to the maximum height with an additional bridge extended, (b) the work platform raised to the maximum height, and (c) the work platform half raised. In each position, the direction of the wind is changed from the range from 0° to 180° with an increment equal to 15°. In the next step of the analysis, the CFD simulations are carried out. The ANSYS Fluent R22 software is used. As a model of turbulent airflow, the standard k-ε with standard wall function is adopted. The obtained experimental results are used to verify the numerical model. A very good agreement between the results of the experiment and the results of numerical simulations is obtained. As the main result of the numerical study, the values of the tipping moment and corresponding wind speed that cause the overturning of the analyzed real scissor lift are determined. It occurred that the lowest value of the wind speed is obtained for the first variant of the vehicle configuration V1crt = 22.315 m/s for the angle of the wind speed direction β = 30° and the highest one for the third variant V3crt = 34.534 m/s and β = 15°, without any persons on the work platform. The presence of human beings on the work platform is also considered.
Subject
Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes,Computer Science Applications,Process Chemistry and Technology,General Engineering,Instrumentation,General Materials Science
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