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    ALLOWABLE DEFLECTION AT TOP OF LEGS OF OPEN GANTRY CRANE

    Hi, I am designing an open gantry crane for the first time though I have experience of eot cranes.I need to know the allowable deflection at top of legs under normal operating conditions i.e maximum acceleration with wind load of 25kgf/sq m.Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated.
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    BOX SECTION PROPORTIONS IN LRFD BRIDGE SPEC.2007

    Bridgebuster, Your notation of box and tub section is same as given in AASHTO bridge design spec 2007 and this was what I meant. However finally I could locate flange proportion for box section.In 6.11.8.2.2.Actually flexure resistance for compression flange is given in terms of flange...
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    BOX SECTION PROPORTIONS IN LRFD BRIDGE SPEC.2007

    Hi, I was looking for proportions of web and flange for single box section in lrfd bridge spec-2007{SI edition).In 6.10.2 I could get these values for I section.In 6.11.2.2 these values for tub section are given.However proportions for box section could not be found (like ratio of compression...
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    REFERENCE FOR DESIGN FOR BOX GIRDERS

    Thanks for all your replies.I am referring to steel box girder with plate diaphgrams like the ones used in overhead cranes where drive platforms are directly attached to one web.Voyageofdiscovery which manual are you referring to?
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    REFERENCE FOR DESIGN FOR BOX GIRDERS

    Hi I am in need of some good reference book on design of steel box girders.I specifically need the moment of inertia requirements for diaphragms at the point of eccentric loading where torsional moment and a vertical load is applied to only one web(like from cantilever platforms attached to one...
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    Different groove angles for V belt pulleys

    We are in the practice of giving same groove angles(say38degrees)to both the pulleys(having different dia's) of a transmission pair.However since correct groove angle of pulley depends upon ratio of pitch dia to belt thickness,I feel the two pulleys should have different groove angles(say 38 and...
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    Rigid byelaws of AISC

    As per the byelaws of AISC the employees of a firm which is eligible for higher level of membership can not become professional members(lowest cost for engineers).I work in a public sector steel plant in india.My company is not an AISC member nor will it sponsor my membership.I am not allowed to...
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    Shielding effect of one column on another for in plane wind calcul.

    Thanks apsix for giving requirements of AScode.This information was not available with my code(IS)to the best of my knowledge.Its because of the same reasoning as given by Dinosaur that I have never considered shielding in such cases.Confirmation from both of you have definitely given me...
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    Replacing 30 kw motor with 60 kw motor in plate bending m/c

    Thanks to all of you for your thought provoking replies.The 60kw slip ring motor will have double the rated torque(of 30kw motor).Since load is constant,60kw motor will supply the required loadwith less slip.So at full speed it will be exerting the same torque as 30 kw motor was. The running...
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    Replacing 30 kw motor with 60 kw motor in plate bending m/c

    What I really want to know(not only with reference to the problem mentioned above)is the effect (on internals of gear box)of using 60kw975rpm motor for a gear box having a rating of 30 kw at 975 rpm.The gear box is used infrequently and has a factor of safety of about 1.5 for static...
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    Replacing 30 kw motor with 60 kw motor in plate bending m/c

    A 30kw motor that was supplied along with the original 70mm plate bending m/c has burnt out.Right now we only have a 60 kw motor as a replacement. Both are slip ring 975 rpm motors.Assuming that the factor of safety on various mechanical components like gears ,shafts etc used in the m/c is 1.5...
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    Shielding effect of one column on another for in plane wind calcul.

    There are 3 columns in a plane braced frame spaced at 6 m. In order to calculate the total wind force on frame when wind is in the plane of frame,I get the force coefficient for single column(I section) as 2 . This multiplied by depth of column(500)*height(16m)give me the total force on a single...
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    Calculation of wind force on bottom of conveyor gallery

    How does one calculate wind force on bottom of conveyor gallery? Can the pressure coefficients for roof with 0 slope be used for it?
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    Steel sheet as lateral restrain?

    I feel without proper stiffeners 4mm sheet( even if continuously welded to the beam) cannot be taken as a reliable lateral constraint.I would prefer not to consider it .
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    Max.allowable width of flange in box girders

    Jmiec can you please give the details of your code

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