Crane Beam Design for Torsion

Job No : - Bldg. No : 1 Member : Crane Beam Part Mark : CRB-11 Ver : 1.0

Input Details
Load Id 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Vertical kN 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100

Load (P) Kips 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22

Eccentricity mm 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0

(e) in. 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0

Dist. from left m 1.500 4.500 7.500 10.500 13.500 16.500 19.500 22.500
support in. 59.1 177.2 295.3 413.4 531.5 649.6 767.7 885.8
Beam Span (L) 24.000 m 944.88 in.
Location of the point at which the stresses are to be calculated (Z) 7.000 m 275.59 in. TYPE_A

Units mm inches Unit Metric SI

Top Flg 76.0 8.0 2.99 0.31 Controlling Moment (M) 38 336
Beam Forces from
Web 112.0 4.0 4.41 0.16 Staad Axial (A) 198 45
Sizes
Bott Flg 76.0 8.0 2.99 0.31 Shear (V) 52 12

Additional Plate Sizes

Unit Metric SI
Description PL-1 PL-2 PL-3 PL-4 PL-5 PL-1 PL-2 PL-3 PL-4 PL-5
Width 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Thickness 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Section Properties Torsional Properties

NA (Y) from base = 2.52 in. J= 0.07 in4 ∑ bt^3/3 Wno = 3.5 in2 h bf / 4

NA (X) = 1.50 in. h= 4.72 in. D - tf Sw = 0.8 in4 h bf2 tf / 16

MOI (Ixx) = 12 in 4
Cw = 8 in 6 Iyy h / 4
2
Qf = 1.1 in3 h tf (bf-tw) / 4

MOI (Iyy) = 1 in4 a= 17.3 in. h/2 √ (E Iyy / GJ) Qw = 2.6 in3 (hbftf/2)+(h-tf)2tw/8

Section Modulus Sxx = 4.63 in3

Section Modulus Syy = 0.94 in3 Steel Fy = 51.5 ksi

Calculation of Actual Stresses

Bending Stress Shear Stress Design Stress Ratio
σ1 (bending) = 72.52 ksi M / Sxx τbw = 16.48 ksi V Qw / Ixx tw Bending 4.72
σ2 (axial) = 17.29 ksi A / Area τbf = 3.33 ksi V Qf / Ixx tf Shear 20.71
σb (total) = 89.81 ksi σ1 + σ2

Load Id 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Torsion Moment, T (kips. In) 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 Pe
T / GJ 5.81E-02 5.81E-02 5.81E-02 5.81E-02 5.81E-02 5.81E-02 5.81E-02 5.81E-02
T / GJa 3.36E-03 3.36E-03 3.36E-03 3.36E-03 3.36E-03 3.36E-03 3.36E-03 3.36E-03
T / GJa2 1.94E-04 1.94E-04 1.94E-04 1.94E-04 1.94E-04 1.94E-04 1.94E-04 1.94E-04
Condition αL < Z αL < Z ≤ L αL < Z ≤ L 0 ≤ Z ≤ Αl 0 ≤ Z ≤ Αl 0 ≤ Z ≤ Αl 0 ≤ Z ≤ Αl 0 ≤ Z ≤ Αl 0 ≤ Z ≤ Αl
Ɵ 2.43E+00 7.28E+00 1.10E+01 9.00E+00 7.00E+00 5.00E+00 3.00E+00 1.00E+00 4.57E+01 Total

Actual Theta Ɵ' -3.63E-03 -1.08E-02 3.06E-02 3.26E-02 2.54E-02 1.81E-02 1.09E-02 3.63E-03 1.07E-01 Total
calculation Ɵ" -6.09E-09 -5.65E-06 -5.38E-04 -5.80E-07 -6.25E-10 -6.73E-13 -7.26E-16 -7.81E-19 -5.44E-04 Total
Ɵ'" 3.52E-10 3.27E-07 -3.11E-05 -3.35E-08 -3.61E-11 -3.90E-14 -4.20E-17 -4.52E-20 -3.08E-05 Total

Normal Stresses Shear Stresses

Location
Ϭaw Ϭab fan τat τaw τab fav
Summary of Actual
Flange 55.7 89.8 145.6 377.1 2.4 3.3 382.8
Stresses (ksi)
Web -- -- -- 188.5 -- 16.5 205.0
Maximum -- -- 145.6 -- -- -- 382.8

Calculation of Allowable Stresses

Allowable bending stress, Fb = 30.8 ksi Fy / Ω
Allowable shear stress, Fv = 18.5 ksi 0.6Fy / Ω

Prepared on 23rd Jan 2016 by Arun Prasath

Prepared on 23rd Jan 2016 by Arun Prasath