as in other countries around the world, intervention firefighting units often use a mechanically operated aerial ladder for highaltitude rescue tasks. The safe operation of the equipment is only possible under strict safety regulations and requires a high level of expertise from the operating staff. During each intervention, extraordinary events such as sudden wind gusts can occur, which can cause extreme overload of the structural members of aerial ladders and have adverse effects on the equipment that can lead to malfunctions and -even worse -to accidents. Therefore it is important to study the consequences of external influences on aerial ladders during operation. The examination was performed on a widely used Magirus M32-L aerial ladder. The reason for choosing this type of aerial ladder is because it has a wide operating range, therefore test results can be a good starting point for other similar equipment as well. In this paper the development of our beam model and the performed finite element simulations are presented. The aim of the research is to develop a model based on geometrical measurement data that is suitable for studying the effects of wind gusts on the ladder structure. With our research, we aim to contribute to the safe operation of aerial ladders and to prevent possible accidents.

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The continuous increasing trends in the case of the raw material-, energy-, production-, and operation costs have been made necessary, the development of the numerical methods made it possible to spread widely the optimal design methods in the technical practice.The method of optimal design with multiobjective functions is useful when the designer has to rank the different construction variations. We apply this method to optimal design of truss girder when the aim functions are the mass of girder and the deflection of the structure. We change the cross-section of beam of girder as unknown parameter. The restrictions are concerning the design resistance of tensile bars and the stability of compressed bars.

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