Design and improve fire truck turntable ladder

ABSTRACT DESIGN AND IMPROVE FIRE TRUCK TURNTABLE LADDER ABUHEMEIDA, Nour M.Sc. in Civil Engineering Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mustafa ÖZAKÇA September 2016 53 pages In getting a better model for aerial ladder, the need to check for possible failure in the model of the equipment is paramount, as failure in the components might result due to fatigue in the material of the ladder, or as a result of poor failure of the truss due to over loading and poor design. The need to check for possible failure in the equipment calls for an approach that will analyse the model and optimize the existing parameters of the proposed model, or creating a new approach in the design of the model based on the Turkish and European standards TS EN 14044+A1 "for High rise aerial appliances for fire service use – Turntable ladders with sequential movements". This approach will bring about checking the figures and the design of the model in terms of the failure and the model design for the system. The data from the initial model was analysed and checked through the finite element method adopted in SAP 2000 software. This approach is used because it brings about a total check of possible failures in the model, and it comes up with a possible attainable terms and conditions for the optimum utilization of the model. Upon finalizing the initial model, a couple of changes and improvements was applied as an effort to get more efficient design and gain wider working range for the aerial ladder. Keywords: turntable ladder; platform; working range; SAP2000; curve fitting.