Feasibility study of a very big crawler crane using composite materials

The main goal of this research is to design a very big crawler crane adopting composite material to lightweight the machine itself and compare its performance with the one made of classical structural steel. The research starts by sizing the main boom, assuming three different materials: steel, alum...

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Main Author: Luigi Solazzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Composites Part C: Open Access
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266668202400001X