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Crane Girder Design to BS 5950-1:2000
CRANEgirder is an Excel
Spreadsheet Template for the design of simply supported crane girders.
Its interactive features offer
ease of use, fine design controls and time saving when sizing and
improving details of crane girders and their supporting structure.
In general, the procedure is based
on the Steelwork Design Guide to BS 5950-1:2000, Volume 2, Worked
Examples, SCI Publication P326, The Steel Construction Institute, 2003
Features:
- Steel Grades can be S275, S355
or S460.
- Impact factors can be 1.1,
1,25, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 or 2, depending upon the crane usage &
specifications.
- Crane Class can be Q1, Q2, Q3
or Q4. When the crane class is Q3 or Q4, the involved crabbing
force is included in the design calculations.
- At supports, the flange
restraint ratios for position and direction can be 0.7,
0.85,1,1.2, 1.5 or 2.
- The compound crane girder
section can be comprised of up to two parts. The bottom section is
always a UB. The top section can be a PFC, RSC, a rectangular
plate or nothing.
- Two pull down menus offer
selection of the bottom part from 72 UB sections and the top part
from 52 PFC/RSC/Plate sections.
- A Yes/No option allows the user
to include or exclude the UB top flange for resisting lateral
loads and displacements. This allows the user to adopt the SCI
approach2 or follow a standard past practice5.
At supports, the stiff-bearing-length and the beam-end to
stiff-bearing-edge distance can be varied to optimize
support extents.
- The wheels in end carriages of
the crane bridge can have one or two flanges to transmit lateral
loads.
The template includes diagrams showing dimensions and details
required for the crane design.
To design the support structure, reaction values are shown
together with diagrams for their direction and position.
- Calculation results are shown
on the screen and included in the printed output. Users and
checkers can verify them by hand calculations.
- On the spot background
information display via comments, when the mouse is moved over
cell results.
Database facility within the CRANEgirder file keeps information
for up to 100 crane girders in a project via its worksheet STORE.
Using a reference number in the range 1001 to 1100, the data for
each girder can be retrieved, changed and re-saved later.
- The Database in worksheet STORE
is visible to the user. Using spreadsheet features of Excel, new
data can be generated and the existing one examined and or
modified.
- The template has virtually no
user interface. The printed Output matches the Screen Display.
Knowing Excel use and the ability to verify results as a designer
is sufficient for using CRANEgirder.
- Shaded cells in the spreadsheet
signify User-Input and un-shaded cells the Results-output. This
permits easy checking by users and checkers alike.
- At all stages of use, cells at
upper left of the screen display summary of 7 adequacy checks.
This makes the failing checks become obvious at a glance.
- To help select an economical
girder section, 8 usage ratios based on actual to permitted values
of deflection and strength are calculated. The maximum value
representing economy of structural use is displayed in upper part
of the output.
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