Design and Optimization of Overhead Crane Bridge
The aim of my final year project was to examine how the design, thus the total cost, of a double box girder overhead travelling crane bridge changes if longitudinal stiffeners, which significantly increase the cost due to the necessary welding, are removed.
Therefore full 3D models of an existing crane bridge implementing longitudinal stiffeners as well as optimized crane bridge with out stiffeners are compared using SolidWorks software and FEA analysis method.