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Crane runway column and base plate design
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Crane runway column and base plate design

Crane runway column and base plate design

(OP)
does any one know how to design column for a free standing runway as well as column design for braced runways. How do you size the base paltes for the crane columns. What are references available . Any book on this design issue
Appreciate help from all

RE: Crane runway column and base plate design

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sfhaider,

Merry christmas...glad i'm not the only one stuck at work today!!!!

AISC has published a series of design guides:
1.  Steel Design Guide Series 7:  Industrial Buildings
2.  Steel Design Guide 1:  Column Base Plates

The copies I have are dated 1993 and address steel design issues regarding cranes.  They are each 100 page or so paperbacks.

However, another publication that proved INCREDIBLY helpful for the last military facility that I designed that was a steel frame with a crane was:

"Guide for the Design and Construction of Mill Buildings" - AISE Technical Report No. 13. This guide walks you through the entire design process and helped me on my first crane design.  About a 60 page paperback with the publication date of June 1997.

Good luck!

RE: Crane runway column and base plate design

I designed many overhead cranes. I must say that I never designed a simple column (stand alone) by itself. The most widely used system is a vertical column and a brace to the outside with diagonal bracing between them. The bays between the columns can be braced using X-bracing or tension bracing. The tension bracing will resist the longitudinal loads from the crane and wind.

I have the reverences that the clipper cites and they are excellent sources. Get your self a copy of them.

Good luck.

RE: Crane runway column and base plate design

(OP)
where can these publications be obtained from. please advise

RE: Crane runway column and base plate design

AISC publications can be obtained directly from AISC:

http://www.aisc.org/

RE: Crane runway column and base plate design

The AISE documents for Cranes in Mill Buildings can be found at  http://www.aise.org/newpubs/cranes.htm

The Crane Manufacturer's Association of America (CMAA) documents for requirements for Overhead cranes (CMAA 70 & CMAA 74) can be found a http://www.mhia.org

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