HARGROVE INDORAMA Dock Rehabilitation Project Fixed Crane

Design Criteria Forces on Supports

CRANE SUPPORT REACTIONS

In the following pages are the calculation of various crane support reaction based on the geometry and loads provided in
the sketches below:
Crane Support Geometry, based on sketch. Center in CLI:

CRANE SUPPORT LOCATION

SUPPORT X Y
[#] [ft] [ft]
1 2.8750 3.3333
2 2.8750 -3.3333
3 -2.8750 -3.3333
4 -2.8750 3.3333

Excel data read:

Number of crane supports:
Crane1 :=
ncs := rows( Crane1 ) ncs = 4
Crane-1.xls
crane base index: ib := 0 .. ncs - 1

 Crane10 
 "Crane Supports Numbering:"   Spp 
Vector assignments & units:  "Crane support "X" coordinate:"   Xp1  :=  1   Xp   Xp1 
     Crane1    :=    ft
 "Crane support "Y" coordinate:"   Yp1   Crane12   Yp   Yp1 
 
 Xcc   0 
Location of Center of Load Input and Crane Rotation - CLI:   :=    ft
 Ycc   0 

 "X Direction"   bx   max( Xp) - min( Xp)   bx   5.75 

Crane Base Dimensions:     :=     =    ft
 "Y Direction"   by   max( Yp) - min( Yp)   by   6.667 

Crane Support Geometry

4
"Y" Coordinates [ft]

2
Yp1
0
Ycc
-2

-4
-4 -2 0 2 4
Xp1 , Xcc

"X" Coordinates [ft]

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Crane Fixed Loads. Coordinates respect Center of Load Input and Crane Rotation - CLI:

Excel data read:

CRANE SELFWEIGHT LOADS AND COORDINATES
LOAD X Y Crane2 :=
Number of crane fixed loads:
[#] [Lb] [ft] [ft] Crane-6.xls nfl := rows( Crane2) nfl = 3
1 30000 0.000 0.000
2 12945 15.780 0.000 crane load index: il := 0 .. nfl - 1
3 0 30.000 0.000

Crane Data Reference: TECHRANE F25-60. No Boom Selweight load (3) provided.
Future Support Structure Selfweight load (1) ussumed as 30000 lb. No data provided.
Supposed Selfweight excentricity: 15.78 ft

 Crane20 
 "Crane Load Numbering:"   CLn   
    1
"Load"  
   CL1  := Crane2  CL   CL1 lb 
Vector assignments & units:   
 "Crane Load "X" Coordinate"   CLx1   CLx  :=  CLx1 ft 
 Crane2 2 
 "Crane Load "Y" Coordinate"   CLy1     
     3   CLy   CLy1 ft 
 Crane2 
Crane Load on Hook. Capacity and Location:

 Hx   60 
CH := 4050 lb Location of Hook:   :=    ft
 Hy   0 

 2
Sum of squares of the  ( Xpib - Xcc) 

distances in X and Y in  SumX   ib   SumX   33.063  2
respect to Center of Load   :=     =    ft
 SumY    SumY   44.444 
 ( ib ) 
2
Input and Crane Rotation: Yp - Ycc

 ib 
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Calculations: T
 atan bx  
   
Crane Horizontal Boom angle for analysis: α :=  0
 by 
90   deg boom angle index: bi := 0 .. rows( α) - 1
 deg 
Fixed Loads: Loads and Moments around Center of Load Input and Crane Rotation - CLI:

Mx :=
bi  CLil(-CLx)ilsin(αbi) + CLyilcos(αbi) Nz :=
bi  CLil
il il

My :=
bi  CLil(CLxilcos(αbi) - CLyilsin(αbi))
il
Reactions on Crane Supports:
Rz :=
( -Mx)  Yp
bi ( ib
- Ycc ) + Mybi (Xpib - Xcc) + Nzbi
Note: Positive (+) = Compression, Negative (-) = Traction ib , bi SumY SumX ncs

LOADS ON SUPPORTS - FIXED LOADS

CASE LOAD ON SUPPORT [kip]
[deg] 1 2 3 4
0.000 28.499 28.499 -7.027 -7.027
40.778 34.193 14.181 -12.721 7.292
90.000 26.057 -4.584 -4.584 26.057

Hook Load: Loads and Moments around Center of Load Input and Crane Rotation - CLI:

(
Mhx := CH -Hx sin α
bi ( bi) + Hycos(αbi) ) Nzh := CH

(
Mhy := CH Hx cos α
bi ( bi) - Hysin(αbi) )
Reactions on Crane Supports:
Note: Positive (+) = Compression, Negative (-) = Traction
Rzh :=
-Mhx  Yp
bi ( ib
- Ycc ) + Mhybi (Xpib - Xcc)
ib , bi SumY SumX

LOADS ON SUPPORTS - HOOK

CASE LOAD ON SUPPORT [kip]
[deg] 1 2 3 4
0.000 21.130 21.130 -21.130 -21.130
40.778 27.904 4.098 -27.904 -4.098
90.000 18.225 -18.225 -18.225 18.225