Crane-Supporting Steel Structures Design Guide – R.A. MacCrimmon (KENCN0001)

Crane-Supporting Steel Structures Design Guide – R.A. MacCrimmon, CONTENTS:

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION  

CHAPTER 2 – LOADS

2.1       General

2.2       Symbols and Notation

2.3       Loads Specific to Crane-Supporting Structures

2.3.1    General

2.3.2    Vertical Loads

2.3.3    Side Thrust

2.3.4    Traction Load

2.3.5    Bumper Impact

2.3.6    Vibrations

2.4       Load Combinations Specific to Crane-Supporting Structures

2.4.1    Fatigue

2.4.2    Ultimate Limit States of Strength and Stability

CHAPTER 3 – DESIGN FOR REPEATED LOADS

3.1       General

3.2       Exclusion for Limited Number of cycles

3.3       Detailed Load-Induced Fatigue Assessment

3.3.1    General

3.3.2    Palmgren – Miner Rule

3.3.3    Equivalent Stress Range

3.3.4    Equivalent Number of Cycles

3.3.5    Fatigue Design Procedure

3.4       Classification of Structure

3.4.1    General

3.4.2    Crane Service Classification

3.4.3    Number of Full Load Cycles Based on Class of Crane

3.4.4    Fatigue Loading Criteria Based on Duty Cycle Analysis

3.4.5    Preparation of Design Criteria Documentation

3.4.5.1 Fatigue Criteria Documentation Based on Duty Cycle Analysis

3.4.5.2 Criteria Documentation Based on Class of Crane Service (Abbreviated Procedure).

3.5       Examples of Duty Cycle Analyses

3.5.1    Crane Carrying Steel Structures Structural Class Of Service SA, SB, sc

3.5.2    Crane Carrying Steel Structures Structural Class of Service SD, SE, SF.

CHAPTER 4 – DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION MEASURES CHECK LIST

4.1       General

4.2       Comments on the Checklist

CHAPTER 5 – OTHER TOPICS

5.1       General

5.2       Crane-Structure Interaction in Mill or Similar Buildings

5.3       Clearances

5.4       Methods of Analysis

5.5       Notional Loads

5.6       Stepped Columns

5.7       Building Longitudinal Bracing

5.8       Building Expansion Joints

5.9       Mono-symmetric Crane Runway Beams, Lateral Torsional Buckling

5.9.1    Design Method

5.10     Biaxial Bending

5.11     Heavy Construction

5.12     Intermediate Web Stiffeners

5.13     Links to Crane Runway Beams

5.14     Bottom Flange Bracing

5.15     Attachments

5.16     End Stops

5.17     Unequal Depth Beams

5.18     Underslung Cranes and Monorails

5.19     Jib Cranes

5.20     Truss Type Crane Runway Supports

5.21     Column Bases and Anchor Rods

5.22     Dissimilar Materials

5.23     Rails

5.24     Rail Attachments

5.25     Outdoor Crane Runways

5.26     Seismic Design

5.27     Standards for Welding for Structures Subjected to Fatigue

5.28     Erection Tolerances

5.29     Standards for Inspection

5.30     Maintenance and Repaữ

CHAPTER 6 – REHABILITATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING CRANE CARRYING STEEL STRUCTURES

6.1       General

6.2       Inspections, Condition Surveys, Reporting

6.3       Loads, Load Combinations

6.4       Structural Modelling

6.5       Reinforcing, Replacement

6.5.1    Reinforcing an Existing Runway Beam

6.5.2    Reinforcing an Existing Column

6.5.3    Welding to Existing Structures

CHAPTER 7 – SUGGESTED PROCEDURE FOR DESIGN OF CRANE RUNWAY BEAMS

7.1       General

7.2       Design Criteria

7.3       Design Procedure

REFERENCES         

FIGURES     

APPENDIX A – DESIGN EXAMPLES

Design Example 1: Illustration of Design of a Mono-symmetric Section Crane Runway Beam

Design Example 2: Illustration of Design of a Heavy Duty Plate Gữder Type Crane Runway Beam