| Abstract: | Solution of fatigue issues in the case of a process crane in the metallurgical industry. Cranes that are used as casting or charging cranes in steel works belong to those steel structures exposed to the highest possible fatigue stress. Such cranes are often designed for over two million loadings and are part of the most essential equipment of a steel mill. Hidden under the roofs of the workshops they are hardly perceived although they perform their work with unshakable calmness and reliability. The following article shall throw a little more light on these burden carriers from the point of view of a structural engineer. |
