Crane Runway Beam Design - Crane Load Calculation

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CRANE LOAD CALCULATION

Runway beam linear self weight Urb= =0.030 [kip/ft]

Crane rail linear self weight Ucr= =0.020 [kip/ft]

Crane runway + rail selfweight Rsw=(Urb + Ucr) x L =1.51 [kips]

Wheel load by bridge selfweight Pbr=Wbr / (2 or 4 wheel x 2 sides) =14.27 [kip/per wheel]

Side Thrust Load

Hs1=0.4 Lifted Load =16.00 [kips]

Hs2=0.2 (Lifted Load+ Trolley/Hoist Wt) =10.12 [kips]

Hs3=0.1 (Lifted Load+ Entire Crane Wt) =10.77 [kips]

Hst=side thrust load calc using Option 1 =2.53 [kip/per wheel]

Tractive Load

Htr=0.2 Max wheel load Pmax =7.62 [kip/per wheel]

Vertical Load

Min. hook aproach Smin=min (SL, SR) =4.50 [ ft ]

(Wrc+Wth) x (Sr-Smin)
Max wheel load by calc Pmax-c= +Pbr =37.93 [kip/per wheel]
no of wheel x Sr

Max. wheel load by vendor Pmax-v= =38.10 [kip/per wheel]

Max static wheel load Pmax=max (Pmax-v , Pmax-c) =38.10 [kip/per wheel]

(Wrc+Wth) x Smin
Min static wheel load Pmin= +Pbr =15.90 [kip/per wheel]
no of wheel x Sr

Crane runway beam span L=30.000 [ ft ] for max member forces and deflection calc

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Crane runway beam span L1=30.000 [ ft ] for max support reaction calc

L2=30.000 [ ft ]

Crane Wheel Load Distance

Crane wheel distance d1=12.000 [ ft ]

Crane Wheel Load

On The Side Close To Hook use max static wheel load Pmax

Crane wheel load P1=38.10 [kips]

On The Side Far To Hook use min static wheel load Pmin

Crane wheel load P1=15.90 [kips]

Max Member Forces for Crane Runway Beam Design

Max Unfactored Moment when x=12.000 [ ft ] crane beam gets max moment Mcr due to moving load

Moment by moving wheel load Mcr= =365.76 [kip-ft]

Msw=(Urb + Ucr) L2 / 8 =5.65 [kip-ft]

Max Unfactored Shear when x=0.300 [ ft ] crane beam gets max shear Vcr due to moving load

Shear by moving wheel load Vcr= =60.20 [kips]

Vsw=(Urb + Ucr) L / 2 =0.75 [kips]

CISC Crane Guide

Vertical load impact factor a= =1.25 Table 2.1

Runway beam + rail selfwei U=Urb + Ucr =0.050 [kip/ft]

Max ver. load /wheel (no impact) Pmax= =38.10 [kips / per wheel]

Max hor. load /wheel Ph= =2.53 [kips / per wheel]

Crane Load for AISC ASD Design

Bending moment x-x axis Mx=Mcr x a (impact) + Msw =462.85 [kip-ft]

Bending moment y-y axis My=Mcr x Ph / Pmax =24.28 [kip-ft]

Shear along y-y axis Vy=Vcr x a (impact) + Vsw =76.00 [kips]

Crane Load for AISC LRFD Design

Wheel load by bridge selfwei Pbr=Wbr / (no of wheel * 2 sides) =14.27 [kips] as dead load

Wheel load by lift load + trolley Plt=Pmax - Pbr =23.83 [kips] as live load

Max factored ver. load /wheel Pv-f=1.2 x Pbr + 1.6 x Plt =55.25 [kips] impact not included

Max factored hor. load /wheel Ph-f=1.2 x Pbr + 1.6 x Plt =4.05 [kips]

Factor bending moment x-x axis Mx=Mcrx Pv-f /Pmaxx a(impact)+Mswx1.2 =669.80 [kip-ft]

Factor bending moment y-y axis My=Mcr x Ph-f / Pmax =38.85 [kip-ft]

Factor shear along y-y axis Vy=VcrxPv-f / Pmaxx a(impact)+Vsw x1.2 =110.03 [kips]

Max Deflection when x=9.000 [ ft ]

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Deflection by moving wheel load Dcr= =2022.8 / I [in]

Crane Load Imposed on Building Column for Building Design

Max Support Reaction when x=18.150 [ ft ] crane beam gets max reaction Rcr due to moving load

Vertical Load

Reaction On the Side Close to Hook

Reaction by moving wheel load Rcr-c= =60.96 [kips]

Reaction by crane beam self wt Rsw=0.5 (Urb + Ucr) (L1 + L2) =1.51 [kips]

Sum R1=Rcr-c + Rsw =62.47 [kips]

Reaction On the Side Far to Hook

Reaction by moving wheel load Rcr-f=Rcr-c x Pmin / Pmax =25.43 [kips]

Reaction by crane beam self wt Rsw=0.5 (Urb + Ucr) (L1 + L2) =1.51 [kips]

Sum R2=Rcr-f + Rsw =26.94 [kips]

Side Thrust Load

Side thrust load per wheel Hst=side thrust load calc using Option 1 =2.53 [kip/per wheel]

Max static wheel load Pmax= =38.10 [kip/per wheel]

Side thrust load =Rcr-c x Hst / Pmax =4.05 [kips]

Tractive Load

Tractive load per wheel Htr=0.2 Max wheel load =7.62 [kip/per wheel]

Max static wheel load Pmax= =38.10 [kip/per wheel]

Tractive load =Rcr-c x Htr / Pmax =12.19 [kips]

Point Moment to Building Column Center

M1=R1 x eR =109.32 [kip-ft]

M2=R2 x eL =47.14 [kip-ft]

Summary of Crane Load Imposed on Building Column

26.9 kips

4.0 kips

12.2 kips 47.1 kip-ft

62.5 kips

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109.3 kip-ft
4.0 kips
12.2 kips

Note:
All loads shown above are unfactored static load, dynamic impact factor is not included
The crane loads shown above may be reverse if crane hook goes to the other side. When reverse the loads and apply them on
building columns, the point moment value may need adjusted if eccentricity eL eR

Bumper Force at Building End Frame AISC Design Guide 7

Bumper force to be the greater of 1. Twice the tractive force =30.48 [kips] section 18.6 on Page 65

2. 10% of entire crane weight =5.38 [kips]

Bumper force used for design =30.48 [kips]

User shall apply longitudinal bumper force to both sides of building end frame

30.5 kips

30.5 kips

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Note:
All loads shown above are unfactored static load, dynamic impact factor is not included

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