The Analysis of a Wind Load on a Container Crane Using a Computation Fluid Dynamics

This study analyzed the fluid state around a container crane according to a wind direction when a wind load was applied to a container crane. The container crane for this research is a model of a 50-ton class used broadly in the current ports. The dimension of an external fluid field is 500m×200m. This study considered the change of a wind velocity according to an altitude in a criterion of a wind velocity, 50m/s, applying a power series law. An incident angle applied to an interval of 30 degrees in 0° ~ 180° and this study carried out a computation fluid dynamics using a CFX 10. In this study, we indicate the wind pressure and coefficient according to the height and section figure of each member. In addition, we suggest the wind load according to a wind direction.