COMPUTER AUTOMATED ACCESS to the "F.E.M. RULES" for CRANE DESIGN

Standardisation of crane design procedures enables designers to develop their own crane automation software for crane design applications. Since main effort and time for implementation of the crane design procedures are generally spent for interpretation and explanation of the available crane design standards, a computer-automated access to the available standards may improve speed, reliability and quality of the design procedures. Starting from the fact that components of cranes are generally composed of similar mechanical and electrical sub-components independent of the crane type, a general component tree of cranes is developed for automation purpose. Design Modules of cranes are defined from the developed component tree of the cranes based on the available design procedures. Independent Design Procedures are defined as atomic design modules of the crane design procedures by considering computational approaches and rules in the "F. E. M. Rules" for each crane component. The "F. E. M. rules" is selected for this purpose because of its widespread use and established popularity among the crane manufacturers. Access to the "F. E. M. Rules" from any design procedure is fully automated by using a systematic approach. The system is implemented fully for Personal Computers. The software package is used for various crane design cases. KREN TASARIMINDA F.E.M. KURALLARINA BILGISAYAR DESTEKLI ERISIM Anahtar kelimeler: F.E.M. Kurallari, Kren Tasarimi, Bilgisayar Destekli Tasarim Otomasyonu,