TY - JOUR N2 - The peculiarity of offshore cranes, i. e. cranes based on ships or drilling platforms, is not only a significant motion of their base, but also the taut-slack phenomenon. Under some circumstances a rope can temporarily go completely slack, while a moment later, the force in the rope can increase to nominal or even higher value. Periodic occurrence of such phenomena can be damaging to the supporting structure of the crane and its driver. In the paper, mathematical models of offshore cranes that allow for analysis of the taut-slack phenomenon are presented. Results of numerical calculations show that the method of load stabilization proposed by the authors in their earlier works can eliminate this problem. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/115405/PDF/AME_2009_132102.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/115405 PY - 2009 IS - No 3 EP - 289 DO - 10.24425/ame.2009.132102 KW - offshore crane KW - dynamics KW - modelling KW - stabilization of position KW - taut-slack phenomenon A1 - Maczyński, Andrzej A1 - Wojciech, Stanisław PB - Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee on Machine Building VL - vol. 56 DA - 2009 T1 - The influence of stabilization of load positioning in an offshore crane on taut-slack phenomenon in a rope SP - 279 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/115405 T2 - Archive of Mechanical Engineering ER -