Structural Health Monitoring of Gantry Girder using Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors
Pradeep Kumar. S1, Beenamol. M2
1Hari Devender Anchoori*, Reasearch Scholar, Kakatiya University, Warangal, India.
2Sesha Srinivas Bollapragada, Professor and Retired Principal, University College of Engineering, Kakatiya University, Kothagudem, India.
Manuscript received on September 22, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on October 20, 2019. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2019. | PP: 2956-2958 | Volume-9 Issue-1, October 2019 | Retrieval Number: A1286109119/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.A1286.109119
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Abstract: Most of the industries have an in-build overhead crane that helps in lifting and transportation of heavy loads from one location of work place to another. Gantry girders are provided to support the loads transmitted through the moving wheels of the overhead cranes. The paper presents the structural health monitoring (SHM) practices that can be implemented for damage detection of gantry girder using Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors that are positioned on the key parts of the crane. The sensor is designed for monitoring the stress and strain of the girder. The alternating stress was determined based on distributed fiber bragg grating strain sensors. The analysis of the signals based on finite element (FE) models helps to determine the safety condition of the crane.
Keywords: Gantry girders, structural health monitoring, Fiber Bragg Grating sensors, finite element models.