Damped vibration of the system of changing the crane boom radius

This study formulates and solves the problem of transverse damped vibration in the system of changing the boom radius in a truck crane with advanced cylinder design for controlling the boom radius. The dissipation of vibration energy in the model adopted in the study occurs as a result of internal damping of the viscoelastic material (rheological Kelvin-Voigt model) of the beams that model the system and movement resistance in the supports of the cylinder and crane boom to the bodywork frame of the crane. Damped frequencies of vibrations and degree of vibration amplitude decay were calculated. The study also presents eigenvalues of system vibration with respect to changes in damping coefficients and system geometry for a selected load