Higher, Faster, Further Active damping control for turntable ladders Page 30 uNiverSität Stuttgart / iveCo MagiruS dSPACE Magazine 2/2009 · © dSPACE GmbH, Paderborn, Germany · info@dspace.com · www.dspace.comTurntable ladders nowadays are required to go higher, faster, further – and be safer. Lightweight construction is the key to achieving these goals. But there is a problem: The new lightweight ladders tend to suffer from bending oscillations. The Institute for System Dynamics at the Univer- sität Stuttgart in Germany used dSPACE tools to develop an active damping control for the manu- facturer IVECO MAGIRUS Brandschutztechnik. Turntable ladders, the most distinc- tive item of equipment used in fire rescues and firefighting, can reach working heights of up to 55 m

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