%0 Journal Article %T Using Superelements in the Calculation of Lattice-Boom Cranes %A Kleeberger %A Michael %A H¨¹bner %A Thomas %J Logistics Journal : Referierte Ver£¿ffentlichungen %D 2006 %I WGTL Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft fuer technische Logistik %X In this paper a superelement formulation for geometric nonlinear finite element analysis is proposed. The element formulation is based on matrices generated by the static condensation algorithm. After defining the element characteristics, a method for the calculation of the element forces in a large displacement and rotation analysis is developed. In order to use the element in the solution of stability problems, the formulation of the geometric stiffness matrix is derived. An example shows the benefits of the element for the calculation of lattice-boom cranes. %K WGTL %K Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft f¨¹r Technische Logistik %K elogistics journal %K Prof Michael ten Hompel %K Universit t Dortmund %K Uni Dortmund %K Logistik %K Logistics %K Materialfluss %K Material flow %K Universitaet Dortmund %K Intralogistics %K intra logistics %K intra-logsitics %K Intralogistik %K technische Logistik %K ISSN 1860-7977 %K DOI 10.2195/LJ_Ref_D_Kleeberger_122006 %U http://www.logistics-journal.de/archive/2006/726/kleeberger_d.pdf