Design of Gantry Girders

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Components of an Overhead
Crane

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Crane Notations

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Data For Overhead Cranes

Load and other details of crane should be obtained from the

manufacturers of cranes.

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Typical Data for 40t Crane

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Loads on Gantry Girder

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Impact Loads

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Maximum Load Effects

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Max. S.F., B.M., and

Deflection

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Two Cranes at the Same

Span

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Max. BM for Two Cranes At

the Same Span

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Limiting Deflection

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Profiles Used for Gantry

Girders

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Fatigue Effects
Gantry

girders are subjected to

fatigue effects due to the moving
loads.

Normally,

light and medium duty

cranes are not checked for fatigue
effects if the number of cycles of
load is less than 5 x 106.

For

heavy duty cranes, the gantry

girders are to be checked for
fatigue loads. (See also IS: 1024
and IS: 807).
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Fatigue Effects (Cont.)

The fatigue strength is governed by the
following factors
Number of repetitions of load: In most
cases 2 x 106 cycles of repetitions are
considered to be the limit of endurance.
The ratio of the maximum stress to the
minimum stress at a section due to
repetitions
R = f min / f max
Where, f max = maximum stress
f min = minimum stress
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Fatigue Strength Curve-IS

800

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Steps for Design

Assume

that the lateral load is resisted

entirely by the top flange of the beam plus
any reinforcing plates, channels etc. and
the vertical load is resisted by the
combined beam.
1. Find the maximum wheel load: This load is
maximum when the trolley is closest to the
gantry girder. Increase it for the impact
2. Calculate the maximum bending moment
in the gantry girder due to vertical loads.
3. To simplify the calculations, add the
maximum bending moment due to dead
load to the maximum wheel load moment
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Steps for Design (cont.)

4. The maximum shear force is calculated.
When the gantry is not laterally supported,
the following may be used to select a trail
section.
Zp = M u / fy
Zp (trial) = k Zp (k = 1.401.50)
Economic depth 1/12th of the span.
Width of flange 1/40 to 1/30th of the span
5. The plastic section modulus of the assumed
combined section
Mp = 2 f y A / 2 = A f y
where A is called the plastic modulus Zp
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Steps for Design (cont.)

6. Check for moment capacity of the whole
section (as lateral support is provided at
the compression flange)
Mcz = b Zp fy 1.2 Ze fy / m0 <Mu
7. Check top flange for bending in both the
axes using the interaction equation
(My / Mndy)+ (M2/Mndz) 1.0
8. If the top (compression) flange is not
supported, Check for buckling resistance in
the same way as in step 6 but replacing fy
with the design bending compressive
stress fbd.
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Steps for Design (cont.)

9. Check web of the girder at
points of concentrated load
for local buckling or local
crushing, and provide load
carrying/ bearing stiffeners,
if necessary.
10. Check for deflection under
working loads

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Allowable Ecc. Of Load and

Clamping Rails to Girder

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Column Profiles

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Column Bracket Details

-Light Cranes

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Connection at the Top

Flange

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Torsion on Column due to

Longitudinal Forces

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Gantry Supported on
Stepped Column

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Two Adjacent Gantry

Supported on Column

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Do not Connect Girder Webs

to Columns

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Bracings for Columns

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Crane Stops

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Case Study: Hoan Bridge

(Milwaukee Harbor Bridge)

Fatigue Fractures in Center Girder E and outside

Girder F. These girders collapsed on Dec. 23, 2000
after 26 years of Service
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Example for Fatigue

Design

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Example for Fatigue Design

(cont.)

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Example for Fatigue Design

(cont.)

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