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latreal loads due to handling and transportation

latreal loads due to handling and transportation

latreal loads due to handling and transportation

(OP)
Hi all,
Can some one tell me what kind of lateral load combination should I use for analyzing a structure subjected to transportation and handling loads. The structure is a skid which will be installed in a chemical processing plant. It will be built , assembled off site and transported to it final location in the plant. I saw in a sample calculation that they used the following combinations for lifting and handling loads respectively,

a. for lifting load
   2g vertical

b. and for transportation loads

   1.  1.5g lateral + 1g vertical,
   2.  2.5g vertical load and
   3.  1.0g lateral + 1g vertical.

this example does not cite from where these load combinations were obtained. Are these the right combinations or are there any other combinations ?

Thanks   

RE: latreal loads due to handling and transportation

it's too high.

it's even higher than our shipping condition which is shipping of equipment support modules/structure at sea.

although equipment itself including skid is scope of our mechanical department not structural so they may have different criteria.

i may look at mech specs if i have time out of curiosity.

RE: latreal loads due to handling and transportation

What is the value of the equipment and are there any compents that have stability requirements (level, bending, impact)?

Engineer and international traveler interested in construction techniques, problems and proper design.

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