Lifting Lug

Developer:

Meca Enterprises
Chris Rosencutter
chris@mecaconsulting.com

Description:

Design lifting lugs for a stack or vessel. The program is based

upon two (2) lugs located 180 degrees apart. A check of the shear,
bearing, bending, edge distances, and shackle clearance is made.
The program also checks the loads on the lugs for all angles of lift
from horizontal to vertical.

Platform:

LiftLug is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It requires MS Excel

2000 or later to run.

Units:

English or Metric
(Click of the button automatically toggles all inputs and results)

Sample Output:

The following pages are the output from the LiftLug spreadsheet.

Purchase:

You may purchase this program at www.mecaconsulting.com .

Lifting Lug v1-1

Two (2) Lifting lugs 180 Degrees Apart for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demo

Metric

English

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR

H=
V=
Phi =

Lift Load with Stack in Horizontal Position (ea. Lug)

Lift load with Stack in Vertical Position (ea. Lug)
Lift Angle off of vertical (adds weak axis moment)

OD =
t=
Fys =
E=

Outer Diameter of Shell

Corroded Shell Thickness
Yield Stress of Shell
Modulus of Elasticity of Shell

Fy =
Fu =

Yield strength of Lifting Lug

Ultimate tensile strength of material

36,000 psi
60,000 psi

hl =
hs =
tg =
R=
tw =

Dist from top of shell to ctr of hole

Dist from top of shell to bottom of lug
Thickness of Lifting Lug
Radius of Lug
Weld Leg Size

4
12
2
8
0.75

in
in
in
in
in

85 Ton
3.2500
3.3750
0
0

in
in
in
in

Crosby Shackle Size

Model =
Db =
Diameter of Shackle Pin
hd =
Diameter of Lug Hole
Pd =
Diameter of Repad
tp =
Thickness of Repad
Description
Lug: Minimum Edge Distance
Lug: Shear
Lug: Bearing Stress
Lug: Bending + Tensile Stress
Welding
Shackle

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SR
0.45
0.94
0.44
0.36
0.92

G-2130

Result
Actual
PASS
6.313
PASS
13,465
PASS
26,154
PASS
7,750
PASS
9,979
Shackle is Acceptable

110,000 lbs
170,000 lbs
0 deg
36
0.375
32,600
2.90E+07

85 Ton

Allowable
2.833
14,400
60,000
21,600
10,800

in
in
psi
psi

Units
in
psi
psi
psi
psi

2/20/02

Lifting Lug v1-1

Two (2) Lifting lugs 180 Degrees Apart for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demo

Metric

English

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR

Lifting Lug Design

Minimum Edge Distance:
Req'd Minimum Edge Distance (per J3-6): 2*V/(Fu*tg)
Actual Edge Distance: (R - hd/2)

2.833 in
6.313 in

Single Plane Shear Stress:

fv =
V / ((R - hd / 2) * tg+(Pd - hd / 2)*tp*2)
Fv =
Allowable Shear: 0.4 * Fy

13,465 psi
14,400 psi

Bearing Stress:
fbr =
Fbr =

26,154 psi
60,000 psi

V/(Db*(tg+2*tp))
Allowable Bearing: 1.0 * Fu

Lift
Load
Tail
Load
Angle

Angle
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Max
Notes:

Lift Load
lbs
110,000
116,667
123,333
130,000
136,667
143,333
150,000
156,667
163,333
170,000
170,000

Fx
lbs
110,000
114,894
115,895
112,583
104,693
92,133
75,000
53,583
28,363
0
115,895

Stress in Lifting Lug

Fy
Mlug
lbs
in-lbs
4.400E+05
20,259 4.596E+05
42,182 4.636E+05
65,000 4.503E+05
87,848 4.188E+05
109,800 3.685E+05
129,904 3.000E+05
147,219 2.143E+05
160,852 1.135E+05
170,000 4.166E-11
170,000 4.636E+05

Fx = (Lift Load) * Sin(Angle)

Fy = (Lift Load) * Cos(Angle)
Mlug = Fx * hl
Mweak =
(Lift Load)*Tan(Phi)*hl
Slug =
tg*(2*R)^2 / 6
=
Sweak =
(2*R)*tg^2 / 6
=
Alug =
tg*(2*R)
=
fa =
Fy / Alug
fb =
Mlug / Slug + Mweak/Sweak
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fa
psi
633
1,318
2,031
2,745
3,431
4,059
4,601
5,027
5,313
5,313

fb
psi
5,156
5,386
5,433
5,277
4,907
4,319
3,516
2,512
1,329
0
5,433

ftot
psi
5,156
6,019
6,751
7,309
7,653
7,750
7,575
7,112
6,356
5,313
7,750

85.33 in^3
10.67 in^3
32.00 in^2
2/20/02

Lifting Lug v1-1

Two (2) Lifting lugs 180 Degrees Apart for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demo

English

Metric

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR

ftot = fa + fb
Welding:

Angle
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Max

Fx
lbs
110,000
114,894
115,895
112,583
104,693
92,133
75,000
53,583
28,363
0
112,583

Fy
lbs
20,259
42,182
65,000
87,848
109,800
129,904
147,219
160,852
170,000
65,000

Weld Stresses
T1x
T1y
psi
psi
3,704
3,869
682
3,903
1,421
3,791
2,189
3,526
2,958
3,103
3,698
2,526
4,375
1,805
4,958
955
5,417
0
5,725
3,791
2,189

T2x
psi
3,402
3,553
3,584
3,482
3,238
2,849
2,320
1,657
877
0
3,482

T2y
psi
4,536
4,738
4,779
4,643
4,317
3,799
3,093
2,210
1,170
0
4,643

Ttot
psi
8,431
9,191
9,721
9,979
9,934
9,573
8,902
7,960
6,837
5,725
9,979

Notes:
Aw =
(hs+2*R)*2*0.707*tw
Ju =
(hs+2*R)^3/6
Jw =
Ju * tw * 0.707
Cw =
((hs/2)^2+R^2)^0.5
Theta =
Atan(R/(hs/2))
Primary Shear Stress:
T1X =
Primary Shear: Fx / Aw
T1y =
Primary Shear: Fy / Aw
T2X =
Secondary Shear: (Fx*(hl+hs/2)*Cw/Jw)*Sin(Theta)
T2Y =
Secondary Shear: (Fx*(hl+hs/2)*Cw/Jw)*Cos(Theta)

Shackle Checks:
Rated Capacity
Maximum Load
--> Capacity Ok
Inside Clearnace for Shackle
Actual Lug Radius: R
--> Clearnace OK
Shackle Width
Total Plate Width: tg + 2*tp
--> Clearance OK

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29.694
3.6587E+03
1.9400E+03
10.000
0.927

in^2
in^3
in^4
in
rads

170,000 lbs
170,000 lbs

13.0000 in
8.0000 in

5.0000 in
2.0000 in

2/20/02