Hi All,
I am designing horizontal lifeline system for piperacks. When calculating the clearance required with horizontal lifeline with 5' high posts, I don't have enough clearance underneath walking surface due to presence of pipes and structural members. I am planning of using cable with shock...
A good starting point for developing your own excel sheet is the AISC DG29 examples. It provides you with all the calculations required for gusset design along with the rest of connection design.
Hi BA....I am reaching at a different conclusion. Please see attached calcs. I appreciate your input in this matter. I agree with WARose that we do need to consider F1 and F2 forces.https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=1673f3fc-8557-462f-a377-04a1acbba4ca&file=SilverStone_Beam-02.pdf
Yes, the yellow bar is attached to a forklift truck. Regarding F1 and F2, net Fx (horizontal) should be zero this means F1 = F2 with opposite sign. Similarly I am proceeding with net Fy = 0 (vertical) to find out support reactions.
Thanks for the quick reply WARose. I just started resolving it when I posted the last diagram so that is why it is missing forces. I wanted to convey the idea of what I am after. What I have found it that F1 will be equal to F2 so these will cancel each other out. But the vertical reaction thru...
My apologies as it wasn't very clear from the pic. I have attached schematics of the lifting device. The lifting device is supported on the bottom flange with wheels on ea side. I am trying to determine if the load will induce any lateral force in the beam bottom flange and if it does then how...
It is one of those brain freeze moments. I need some help with the statics for attached lifting beam fork analysis. Will the fork induce any torsion in the beam? It is supported at the bottom flange with wheels on ea side. How to resolve for forces in the setup...
