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 .
Customer: Meca Project: Demo Desc: Demo Engineer: CR H = Lift Load with Stack in Horizontal Position (ea. Lug) 110,000 lbs V = Lift load with Stack in Vertical Position (ea. Lug) 170,000 lbs Phi = Lift Angle off of vertical (adds weak axis moment) 0 deg OD = Outer Diameter of Shell 36 in t = Corroded Shell Thickness 0.375 in Fys = Yield Stress of Shell 32,600 psi E = Modulus of Elasticity of Shell 2.90E+07 psi Fy = Yield strength of Lifting Lug 36,000 psi Fu = Ultimate tensile strength of material 60,000 psi hl = Dist from top of shell to ctr of hole 4 in hs = Dist from top of shell to bottom of lug 12 in tg = Thickness of Lifting Lug 2 in R = Radius of Lug 8 in tw = Weld Leg Size 0.75 in Crosby Shackle Size Model = G-2130 85 Ton Db = Diameter of Shackle Pin 3.2500 in hd = Diameter of Lug Hole 3.3750 in Pd = Diameter of Repad 0 in tp = Thickness of Repad 0 in Description SR Result Actual Allowable Units Lug: Minimum Edge Distance 0.45 PASS 6.313 2.833 in Lug: Shear 0.94 PASS 13,465 14,400 psi Lug: Bearing Stress 0.44 PASS 26,154 60,000 psi Lug: Bending + Tensile Stress 0.36 PASS 7,750 21,600 psi Welding 0.92 PASS 9,979 10,800 psi Shackle Shackle is Acceptable Lifting Lug v1-1 Two (2) Lifting lugs 180 Degrees Apart for a Stack or Vessel 85 Ton English Metric www.mecaconsulting.com 2/20/02 Customer: Meca Project: Demo Desc: Demo Engineer: CR Lifting Lug v1-1 Two (2) Lifting lugs 180 Degrees Apart for a Stack or Vessel English Metric Minimum Edge Distance: Req'd Minimum Edge Distance (per J3-6): 2*V/(Fu*tg) 2.833 in Actual Edge Distance: (R - hd/2) 6.313 in Single Plane Shear Stress: fv = V / ((R - hd / 2) * tg+(Pd - hd / 2)*tp*2) 13,465 psi Fv = Allowable Shear: 0.4 * Fy 14,400 psi Bearing Stress: fbr = V/(Db*(tg+2*tp)) 26,154 psi Fbr = Allowable Bearing: 1.0 * Fu 60,000 psi Angle Lift Load Fx Fy Mlug fa fb ftot lbs lbs lbs in-lbs psi psi psi 0 110,000 110,000 - 4.400E+05 - 5,156 5,156 10 116,667 114,894 20,259 4.596E+05 633 5,386 6,019 20 123,333 115,895 42,182 4.636E+05 1,318 5,433 6,751 30 130,000 112,583 65,000 4.503E+05 2,031 5,277 7,309 40 136,667 104,693 87,848 4.188E+05 2,745 4,907 7,653 50 143,333 92,133 109,800 3.685E+05 3,431 4,319 7,750 60 150,000 75,000 129,904 3.000E+05 4,059 3,516 7,575 70 156,667 53,583 147,219 2.143E+05 4,601 2,512 7,112 80 163,333 28,363 160,852 1.135E+05 5,027 1,329 6,356 90 170,000 0 170,000 4.166E-11 5,313 0 5,313 Max 170,000 115,895 170,000 4.636E+05 5,313 5,433 7,750 Notes: 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 = 85.33 in^3 Sweak = (2*R)*tg^2 / 6 = 10.67 in^3 Alug = tg*(2*R) = 32.00 in^2 fa = Fy / Alug fb = Mlug / Slug + Mweak/Sweak Stress in Lifting Lug Lifting Lug Design Tail Load Lift Load Angle www.mecaconsulting.com 2/20/02 Customer: Meca Project: Demo Desc: Demo Engineer: CR Lifting Lug v1-1 Two (2) Lifting lugs 180 Degrees Apart for a Stack or Vessel English Metric ftot = fa + fb Welding: Angle Fx Fy T1x T1y T2x T2y Ttot lbs lbs psi psi psi psi psi 0 110,000 - 3,704 - 3,402 4,536 8,431 10 114,894 20,259 3,869 682 3,553 4,738 9,191 20 115,895 42,182 3,903 1,421 3,584 4,779 9,721 30 112,583 65,000 3,791 2,189 3,482 4,643 9,979 40 104,693 87,848 3,526 2,958 3,238 4,317 9,934 50 92,133 109,800 3,103 3,698 2,849 3,799 9,573 60 75,000 129,904 2,526 4,375 2,320 3,093 8,902 70 53,583 147,219 1,805 4,958 1,657 2,210 7,960 80 28,363 160,852 955 5,417 877 1,170 6,837 90 0 170,000 0 5,725 0 0 5,725 Max 112,583 65,000 3,791 2,189 3,482 4,643 9,979 Notes: Aw = (hs+2*R)*2*0.707*tw 29.694 in^2 Ju = (hs+2*R)^3/6 3.6587E+03 in^3 Jw = Ju * tw * 0.707 1.9400E+03 in^4 Cw = ((hs/2)^2+R^2)^0.5 10.000 in Theta = Atan(R/(hs/2)) 0.927 rads 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 170,000 lbs Maximum Load 170,000 lbs --> Capacity Ok Inside Clearnace for Shackle 13.0000 in Actual Lug Radius: R 8.0000 in --> Clearnace OK Shackle Width 5.0000 in Total Plate Width: tg + 2*tp 2.0000 in --> Clearance OK Weld Stresses www.mecaconsulting.com 2/20/02