"LIFTING_LUG" --- LIFTING LUG ANALYSIS

Program Description:
"LIFTING_LUG" is a spreadsheet program written in MS-Excel for the purpose of analysis of lifting lugs, used in
rigging operations. The user can enter a desired factor of safety (most applications, F.S. = 5.0). The program will
determine the ultimate strength of the lifting lug based on several checks and will apply the desired factor of safety
to the strengths to attain allowable loads for the lifting lug.
This program is a workbook consisting of two (2) worksheets, described as follows:

Worksheet Name

Description

Doc
Lifting Lug

This documentation sheet

Analysis of lifting lugs per 13th Ed. AISC Manual (ASD) and Reference #1a & b

Program Assumptions and Limitations:

1. The following references were used in the development of this program:
a. "Design and Construction of Lifting Beams" - David T. Ricker, originally published in American Institute of

Steel Construction (AISC) - Design Journal, 4th Quarter 1991.

b. "Design of Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices" - ASME BTH-1-2008, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
c. American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) 13th Edition Allowable Stress Design (ASD) Manual (2005)
2. This program contains comment boxes which contain a wide variety of information including explanations of
input or output items, equations used, data tables, etc. (Note: presence of a comment box is denoted by a
red triangle in the upper right-hand corner of a cell. Merely move the mouse pointer to the desired cell to view

"LIFTING_LUG.xls" Program
Version 1.4

LIFTING LUG ANALYSIS

Project Name:
Project No.:

Per AISC 13th Edition ASD Manual, ASME BTH-1-2008, and

"Design and Construction of Lifting Beams" by David T. Ricker
Client:
Prep. By:
Date:

Input:
Design Parameters:
Lug Yield Strength, Fy =
Lug Ult. Strength, Fu =
Edge Dist., a =
Edge Dist., e =
Lug Width, b =
Rounded Edge? =
Will Pin Rotate Under Load? =

Hole Diameter, dh =
Pin Diameter, dpin =
Lug Thickness, t =
AISC Factor of Safety, F.S.1 =
AISC Factor of Safety, F.S.2 =
ASME Factor of Safety, F.S.3 =

36
58
2.500
1.000
6.000
No
No
1.000
0.750
0.750
5.0
3.1
3.0

ksi
ksi
in.
in.
in.

in.
in.
in.
F.S.2 = max{3, Fy/(Fu/F.S.1)}

ASME Notation

Assuming Category B lifters

AISC Preferred Geometry

AISC Alternate Geometry

Results:
Check Geometry:
Check 1:
Check 2:
Check 3:
Check 4:
a,eff =
a,max =
a,use =

O.K.
O.K.
O.K.
N.G.
0.75
2.13
0.75

in.
in.
in.

dh - dpin > 0, Pin fits in hole, O.K.

a >= max(0.5*dh,2*t), Plate Proportions are O.K.
e >= 0.67*dh, Plate Proportions are O.K.
e < 1.33*a, Use a,eff = min(a, 3*e/4, 4*t, dh*1.25) in design
3*e/4 controls
a,max = 2*t+.625
Use a,eff in design

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Tensile Strength of Lifting Lug (AISC Eqn. D5-1):

P1 =
13.05
kips P1 = (2*a,use*t*Fu) / F.S.1
Bearing Capacity of Lifting Lug (AISC Eqn. J7-1):
P2 =
N/A
kips P2 = (1.8*Fy*t*dpin) / F.S.2
Per Ricker, only check bearing capacity if pin is "snug" in hole

Tearing Tension Capacity of Lifting Lug (Ricker pg 152):

P3 =
14.53
kips P3 = {(1.67*Fy*t*e^2)/dh} / F.S.2
Per Ricker pg. 152, Fb is used instead of Fy, but Fb = Fy/F.S.2

Shear Capacity (Shear Rupture) of Lifting Lug (AISC Eqn D5-2):

P4 =
10.44
kips P4 = (0.6*Fu*2*t*e) / F.S.1
Per AISC Eqn. D5-2, Asf = 2*t*(e+dh/2), cons. to assume dh/2=0)

Gross Section Yielding of Lifting Lug (AISC Eqn D2-1):

P5 =
52.20
kips P5 = (Fy*t*b) / F.S.2
Tensile Strength of Lifting Lug (ASME Eqn. 3-45):
Cr =
0.818
Cr = 1 - 0.275*sqrt{1 - (dpin^2 / dh^2)}
a,eff =
1.53
in.
a, eff = min(a, 4*t, 0.6*a*(Fu/Fy)*sqrt(dh / a)
P6 =
30.22
kips P6 = (Cr*Fu*2*t*a,eff) / (1.2*F.S.3)
Single Plane Fracture Strength of Lifting Lug (ASME Eqn. 3-49):
R=
1.500
in.
R = e+(dh/2)
P7 =
16.67
kips P7 = [(Cr*Fu)/(1.2*F.S.3)] *
[1.13*(R-.5*dh)+(0.92*a,eff)/(1+a,eff/dh)] * t

Double Plane Fracture Strength of Lifting Lug (ASME Eqn. 3-50):

=
41.25
deg. = 55*(dpin / dh)
Z' =
0.000
in.
Z' = R - sqrt{R^2 - [(dpin/2)*sin()]^2}, only applicable for rounded edges
Av =
1.640
in.^2 Av = 2*{e+0.8*dpin*[1-cos()]-Z'}*t
P8 =
18.49
kips P8 = (0.7*Fu*Av) / (1.2*F.S.3)
Bearing Capacity of Lifting Lug (ASME Eqn. 3-53):
P9 =
8.44
kips P9 = (1.25*Fy*dpin*t) / F.S.3

<============= Controls

Summary:
Pallow =

8.44

kips

Pallow = min(P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, P9)

Required Weld Strength for Vertical Load:

Pdesign =
12.66
kips Assuming fillet weld and F.S. = 5.0 against Fexx. Use Pdesign
to design welds using 0.3*Fexx*0.707*weld size. Could also use
Pallow, but need to use 0.2*Fexx*0.707*weld size for F.S. = 5.0.

Comments:

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