Load Calculation for Powerhouse

Total Weight of Girder 2869.91

28.6991
Weight of crab 6000
60
60
88.6991
7 to 18 Total load of Gantry (On each Girder) On each roller 22.174775

19 to 32 Lateral load (Side Thrust )

Total load of crane + lifting capacity
28575
285.75
20 % of the total live thrust 57.15
Ref: ASCE . 7 . 2002 Page 11 28.575

Total Weight on Girder 27140*2

54280

33 to 52
REACTIONS on the wheel
Full lifting capacity + Self load of the girder and crab 270.59
Main crane is assumed to be 1m and 0.5m for secondary crane 45.31

53 to 57 Longitudinal Load ( Parallel to Beam ) 28.575

10 % of the total live thrust 14.2875
Ref: ASCE . 7 . 2002 Page 11

58 Surcharge 20
Ref . BS 5400 : Part 2, Page A/53 10

59 Lateral Earth Pressure.

Height 5.8
krest 0.5
Unit weight of saturated soil 21
Unit weiight of water 9.81
Saturated Earth Pressure 89.349
 Surcharge Load (kN) 0.5*20
10

Full Capacity @ Centre Reaction (2.56*11)+133+133

147

Lonigtudinal Load (kN) 147*0.1

14.7
kg
kN
kg UDL 2869.91*9.81/(11*1000)
kN
kN 2.559438 kN/m
kN
kN

kg
kN
kN
kN Each wheel

kg
Wt. at each wheel 54280*9.81/(1000*4)

133.1217 kN

kN
kN

kN
kN Each wheel

kN/m2
kN/m2

kN/m3
kN/m3
kN/m2
Reaction force for gantry beam when live load is at maximum allowable corner.

Load calculation
Self weigt of Crane 8.9 T
Lifting capacity of crane 1 40 T
Lifting capacity of crane 2 6 T Two position are there, s
6 40
Crane loading 0.5
Crane 1 ( with Jerking effect) *1.18 47.2 T
Crane 2( with Jerking effect) *1.18 7.08 T
1
Ra
11
Calculation after reactions
Due to 6 T
Ra 42.91 T
Due to 40 T
Ra 6.76 T

Total Ra 54.12 T 541.1727 kN 270.5864 kN On each

Total Rb 9.06 T 90.62727 kN 45.31364 kN On each
315.9 kN
631.8

Side thrust (20% of the

summation of the trolley 10.98 T
weight and rated cpacity) 107.7138 kN
Applied on staad 26.92845 kN

Longitudinal thrust (10% of the

summation of the trolley
weight and rated cpacity) 5.49 53.8569
13.46423 kN
Two position are there, selected maximum rxn using both condition
5 35
1.1

2.05
Rb Ra
m 11 m
Rb