Control of Gantry and Tower Cranes

The main objective of this work is to design robust, fast, and practical controllers for gantry and tower cranes. The controllers are designed to transfer the load from point to point as fast as possible and, at the same time, the load swing is kept small during the transfer process and completely...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Omar, Hanafy M.
Other Authors: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26044
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262003-204800/