Dynamic Response of a Gantry Crane’s Beam Subjected to a Two-Axle Moving Trolley

In this paper, a novel moving load model for 2D crane systems of which the trolley has two axles is proposed. Based on this model, the dynamics of a 2D gantry crane, which is modelled as a simply supported Euler–Bernoulli beam carrying a two-axle trolley from which a single-pendulum payload is suspended, is studied. The proposed model was verified by comparing with two models in existing papers and can be considered as an extended version of comparative models. Then, the effect of the trolley’s axle base on the dynamic responses of the beam is studied. It can be observed that increasing the length of trolley’s axle base will decrease the deflection of the beam, and a larger initial swing angle will cause a larger deflection of the beam without controlling the swing of the payload