Influence of Internal and Constructional Damping on Vibrations of Telescopic Boom of Truck Crane

This study formulates and solves the problem of transverse damped vibrations in a crane boom of a truck-mounted crane. 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 motion resistance in slides between the moving components of the crane boom. Damped frequencies of vibrations and degree of amplitude decay were calculated. The study also presents eigenvalues of system vibration with respect to changes in damping coefficients and system geometry for selected rigidity of springs.