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Design of Pad-Eye
Load:
Static Sling Load:

S 182.3 tonnef 1787.75 kN

Dynamic Amplification Factor

DAF 1.62

Dynamic Load

P S DAF 2896.16 kN

Sling Angle with horizontal

90deg

Sling angle with horizontal in

out of plane of pad-eye

0deg

Sling Properties:
Sling Type Used: KTL - 6.6in Hand Spliced
d sling 6.6 in

Sling Dia
Shackle Properties:

Shackle Type: CROSBY G2160 - 200t

Load Capacity

Pshackle 200tonnef

Inside Length of Shackle

C 18.90 in 48.006 cm

Jaw width

A 5.91 in 15.011 cm

Pin Diameter

d pin 4.12 in 10.465 cm

Pad-Eye Dimensions
Yield Stress of Pad-Eye Plates

Fy 355MPa

Minimum diameter of hole required:

d holemin

max d pin 4mm 1.03 d pin

max d pin 2mm 1.03 d pin

if d pin 50mm

108.648 mm

otherwise

Maximum diameter of hole permitted

d holemax min d pin 6mm d pin 1.06 110.648 mm

Diameter of Hole

d hole 109mm

Minimum Radius of Pad-Eye Main Plate required:

Rmin max 1.5 d hole d hole 3in 185.2 mm

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Radius of Main Plate

R 200mm

Thickness of Main Plate

tm 50mm
tc 0.5 tm 25 mm

Maximum of thickness of cheek plate permitted

Radius of Cheek Plate-1

rc1 150mm

Radius of Cheek Plate-2

rc2 100mm

Thickness of cheek plate-1

tc1 30mm

Thickness of cheek plate-2

tc2 10mm

Pad_Eye Dimensions Check

Pad-Eye thickness to jaw width ratio

"O.K" if

tm 2. tc1 2tc2
A

0.8

"O.K"

"Not O.K" otherwise

Shackle Inside Length Clearance

d hole

Clength C R

d sling 166.92 mm

"O.K" if Clength 6mm "O.K"

"Clash" otherwise
Minimum clearance recommended to avoid sling ovalisation:
1.25 d sling 25mm 234.55 mm

Shackle Inside Width Clearance

Cwidth A tm 2tc1 2tc2 20.114 mm

"O.K" if Cwidth 5mm "O.K"

"Not O.K" otherwise

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Shackle Derating

If pad-eye thickness is less than 0.8 times the jaw width the shackle has to be derated
as below:

0

0.8

0.5

1.0

Derating factor, f1
f1

1.0 if

tm 2. tc1 2tc2

linterp x y

0.8

tm 2. tc1 2tc2
A

otherwise

If lateral loads acting on pad-eye the shackle capacity has to be derated as below:

0
x 45

90

Derating factor

1.0
y 0.7

0.5

f2 linterp( x y ) 1

Shackle capacity check after derating

"O.K" if f1 f2 Pshackle S "O.K"
"Not O.K" otherwise

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Pad Eye Strength Check

Pv P sin( ) 2896.16 kN

Vertical Sling Force

Horizontal Sling Force Inplane of Pad-eye

Pinplane P cos( ) cos( ) 0 kN

Horizontal Sling Force out ofplane of Pad-eye

Pout_plane max P sin( ) cos( ) 0.05 P 144.81 kN

Shear stress at section -

Area 2 R

Shear Stress

d hole

2
tm rc1
2tc1 26010.00 mm
2
2

d hole

P
shear
111.348 MPa
Area

Allowable Shear Stress

shearallow 0.40 Fy 142 MPa

shear
UCshear
0.784
shearallow

Tear stress at section -

Area

2 R d hole tm 2 rc1 d hole 2tc1 26010.00 mm

Tear Stress

P
tear
111.348 MPa
Area

Allowable Tear Stress

tearallow 0.45 Fy 159.75 MPa

tear
UCtear
0.697
tearallow

Tensile Stress at section -

2
Area 2 R tm 20000 mm

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Tensile Stress

Area

144.808 MPa

Allowable Tensile Stress allow 0.6 Fy 213 MPa

UCten
0.68
allow

Bearing Stress at Pad-Eye-Pin Contact

Conventional:
Areabearing

d hole

Bearing Stress

2
tm 2 tc1 2 tc2 14838.79 mm

P
bear
195.175 MPa
Areabearing

Allowable Bearing Stress

bearallow 0.9 Fy 319.5 MPa

bear
UCbear
0.611
bearallow

Hertz's Formula:
d hole d pin
Kd
2.621 m
d hole d pin

Load per unit length p

Hertz Stress fH 0.591

Allowable Hertz Stress

P
tm 2 tc1 2 tc2
pE
Kd

22278.14

kN
m

770.562 MPa

fHallow 2.5 Fy 887.5 MPa

fH
UChertz
0.868
fHallow

Weld check between pad-eye plate and cheek plates:

Cheek plate 1 to Pad-eye main plate
Load carried by cheek plate 1

Weld length

p c1

P tc1 tc2

tm 2tc1 2tc2

891.126 kN

wc1 2 rc1 0.942 m

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weldallow 0.3 70ksi 144.79 MPa

Allowable stress of E70xx weld

weld thickness required

twc1

p c1

9.237 mm

0.707 wc1 weldallow

Cheek plate 2 to cheek plate 1

Load carried by cheek plate 2

p c2

P tc2
tm 2tc1 2tc2

222.781 kN

wc2 2 rc2 0.628 m

Weld length
Allowable stress of E70xx weld

weldallow 0.3 70ksi 144.79 MPa

weld thickness required

twc1

p c2

3.464 mm

0.707 wc2 weldallow

Stress Check at Pad-Eye base

e 325mm

Vertical distance between center of pad-eye hole to base

Bending Moments:
In Plane bending moment
Out of plane bending moment

14

M IP Pinplane e 5.763 10

kN m

M OP Pout_plane e 47.063 kN m

Section Properties
a = dimension parallel to X - axis
b = dimension parallel to Y- Axis
Y - CG of element from X = 0
Z - CG of element from Y = 0
Section Depth parallel to X

d x 300mm

Section Depth parallel to Y

d y 500mm

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50

150
150
0

a 0 mm
0

0
150

150
i 1 9

500

25
25
0

b 0 mm
0

0
25

25

Area a b
i

Cross sectional area

250

59.5
59.5
0

Y 0 mm
0

0
440.5

440.5

100
100
0

Z 0 mm
0

0
100

100

Area 40000 mm

a b
AY Area Y
i

AYY AY Y

Ixxown

12

ai bi
Iyyown
3

AZ Area Z
i

COG from X = 0 y

AZZ AZ Z
i

AY

250 mm

12

COG from Y = 0 z

Area

Moment of Inertia about X-XIxx

Ixxown AYY

Moment of Inertia about Y-Y Iyy

Iyyown AZZ
Ixx

AY AY
Area
AZ AZ
Area
3

3
Section modulus about X-X Zxx
4.264 10 cm
max y d y y

Section modulus about Y-Y

Zyy

Iyy

max z d x z

611.111 cm

AZ

0 mm

Area

5
4
1.066 10 cm

4
4
1.833 10 cm

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Stress Calculations
Axial Stress

Pv
fa
72.404 MPa
A
M IP
14
fbx
1.352 10
MPa
Zxx

In Plane bending stress

Out of Plane bending stress

M OP
fby
77.011 MPa
Zyy

UCaxial
UCbx
UCby

fa

0.6 Fy
fbx

0.66 Fy
fby

0.66 Fy

0.34
0
0.329

UCcombined UCaxial UCbx UCby 0.669

Combined Shear Stress

fv

2
2
Pinplane Pout_plane
A

3.62 MPa
UCv

fv

0.4 Fy

0.025

Von Mises Stress

fx fa fbx 72.404 MPa
fy fby
fv fv
fvm

2
2
2
fx fy 3fv fx fy 75.077 MPa
UCvm

fvm

0.7 Fy

0.302