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Welcome to the the spreadsheet for Dog Plate design!

What does this Excel Sheet do?

This Excel sheet helps you design a Dog Plate (also called a Clip) to be used for seafastening during Cargo transport
Dog Plates are used to restrain the Cargo from tipping. A drawing of a typical Dog Plate is shown on the right

How to use this Excel Sheet

The user is asked for some inputs for the cargo and dog plate geometry and Load on the Cargo. The Input cells are highlighted in blue.
The user has to provide all the inputs highlighted in blue.
The Cargo forces required for input can be determined from motions analyses or empirical formula, see Cargo Forces and Accelerations spreadsheet at www.thenavalarch.com
Once all inputs are provided, the spreadsheet will evaluate the Dog Plate design for all the stress checks

References
1. AISC ASD 9th Ed

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INPUTS

ALLOWABLE STRESS1

H2 (Height of Cut)
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
Steel Yield Stress σy 235 MPa

H1 (Dog Plate Height)

Weld Yield Stress σyw 480 MPa
Allow. Bearing Stress σb 0.9σy 211.5 MPa
Allow. Shear Stress τa 0.4σy 94 MPa
Allow. Tensile Stress σt 0.6σy 141 MPa
Allow. Bending Stress σbend 0.6σy 141 MPa w (Weld between Web Plate
CARGO and Deck) - both sides
Allow. Von Mises Stress σc 0.75σy 176.25 MPa
Allow. Weld Stress σW 0.3σyw 144 MPa
CARGO GEOMETRY
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
Length of Cargo L 2.56 m
Width of Cargo B 0.85 m
Height of Cargo H 2.5 m L1
Weight of Cargo W 331.00 MT
FORCES
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
Total Transverse Force on Cargo FT 178.31 MT Longitudinal Dog
Total Longitudinal Force on Cargo FL 110.38 MT Plates Transverse Dog H1
Plates
Total Vertical Force on Cargo (Heave Up Force) FV 145.04 MT
Load Safety Factor SF 1.00 I-beam for Cargo
DOG PLATE GEOMETRY (See Figure on the right) Support H2
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
No. of Dog Plates in Transverse Direction (Port or Stbd) nT 45 L2
No. of Dog Plates in Longitudinal Direction (Aft or Fwd) nL 30
Length of Dog Plate Top L1 284 mm L1
Length of Dog Plate Bottom L2 230 mm
Dog Plate Thickness t 15 mm t
Dog Plate Height H1 165 mm
Height of Cut H2 42 mm
Thickness of Weld between Web Plate and Deck w 10 mm

Total Transverse Force (FT)

Longitudinal Dog Plates (Aft)*

Longitudinal Dog Plates (Fwd)*

Trasnverse Dog Plates(Port)*

Total Longitudinal Force (FL)

CARGO

Transverse Dog Plates(Stbd)* VESSEL'S DECK

*Note: The number of dog plates is only indicative, user can modify this to
CARGO PLAN show the actual number of dog plates

1
As per AISC ASD
 DOG PLATE STRENGTH CHECK - TRANSVERSE DIRECTION
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
DESIGN FORCES AND MOMENTS
Total Transverse Force on Cargo FT 178.31 MT
Weight of Cargo W 331.00 MT FV (Uplift - Heave Up Force) MT = Net Overturning Moment
Net Uplift (Heave Up) Force on Cargo FV 145.04 MT = FT x H/2 - W x B/2 + FV x B/2
Net Transverse Overturning Moment on the Cargo
MT FH x H/2 - W x B/2 + FV x B/2 143.85 MT-m
(See Fig)
No. of Dog Plates in Transverse Direction nT 45
Transverse force on one Dog Plate FT1 FT/nT 3.96 MT
FT (Transverse Force on Cargo)
W (Cargo Weight)
Overturning Moment on one Dog Plate MT1 MT/nT 3.20 MT-m H/2 (Moment Arm of
Uplift force due to overturning Moment on one Dog Transverse Force)
Plate (is applicable only if overturning moment is FV1 MT1/ B 3.76 MT
positive)
Dog Plate Properties
Height of Dog Plate H1 165 mm
Height of Cut H2 42 mm B/2 (Moment Arm of W and FV)
Length of Dog Plate Top L1 284 mm
Length of Dog Plate Bottom L2 230 mm
Thickness of Web t 15 mm
FV1
Shear area of Dog Plate AS L2 x t 3450 mm2
Section Modulus of Web Plate Bottom Zs t x L22/6 132250 mm3
Moment arm of Transverse force FT1 rT1 H2/2 21 mm
Moment arm of Uplift force FV1 rV1 L2/2 + (L1-L2)/2 = L1/2 142 mm
Effective Tensile Force FTEN (FT1 x rT1 + FV1 x rV1)/L2 2.68 MT
Moment of Tensile/Uplift forces M (FT1 x rT1 + FV1 x rV1) 0.62 MT-m

STRENGTH CHECK (Transverse Direction)

FT1
Shear Stress on Dog Plate τS FT1 / As 11.27 MPa OK
Tensile Stress on Dog Plate σT FTEN / As 7.63 MPa OK
Bending Stress on Dog Plate σB M / Zs 45.79 MPa OK
Von Mises Stress on Dog Plate σV {(σT + σB)2 + 3τS2}1/2 56.87 MPa OK
WELD CHECK
Weld Type Fillet (Both Sides)
w (both sides)
Length of Weld Lw L2 230 mm
Thickness of Weld w 10 mm
Weld Throat Sw 0.707 x w x 2 sides 14.14 mm
Weld Area Aw Lw x Sw 3252.20 mm2
Section Modulus of Weld Zw Lw2 x Sw/6 124667.67 mm3
Shear Stress on Weld τSW FT1 / Aw 11.95 MPa
Tensile Stress on Weld σTW FTEN / Aw 8.10 MPa
Bending Stress on Weld σBW M / Zw 48.57 MPa
Total Stress on Weld σVW {σBW2 + σTW2+ τSW2}1/2 50.67 MPa
Allowable Weld Stress on Weld σW 144.00 MPa
Weld Stress Check OK
 DOG PLATE STRENGTH CHECK - LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
DESIGN FORCES AND MOMENTS
Total Longitudinal Force on Cargo FL 110.38 MT
Weight of Cargo W 331.00 MT FV (Uplift - Heave Up Force) ML = Net Overturning Moment
Net Uplift (Heave Up) Force on Cargo FV 145.04 MT
= FL x H/2 - W x L/2 + FV x L/2
Net Longitudinal Overturning Moment on the Cargo
ML FL x H/2 - W x L/2 + FV x L/2 -100.05 MT-m
(See Fig)
No. of Dog Plates in Longitudinal Direction nL 30 FL (Longitudinal Force on Cargo)
Longitudinal force on one Dog Plate FL1 FL/nL 3.68 MT W (Cargo Weight)
Overturning Moment on one Dog Plate
H/2 (Moment Arm of
ML1 ML/nL -3.34 MT-m
Uplift force due to overturning Moment on one Dog
Transverse Force)
Plate (is applicable only if overturning moment is FV1 ML1/ L 0.00 MT
positive)
Dog Plate Properties
Height of Dog Plate H1 165 mm
L/2 (Moment Arm of W and FV)
Height of Cut H2 42 mm
Length of Dog Plate Top L1 284 mm
Length of Dog Plate Bottom L2 230 mm
Thickness of Web t 15 mm
FV1
Shear area of Dog Plate AS L2 x t 3450 mm2
Section Modulus of Web Plate Bottom Zs t x L22/6 132250 mm3
Moment arm of Longitudinal force FL1 rL1 H2/2 21 mm
Moment arm of Uplift force FV1 rV1 L2/2 + (L1-L2)/2 = L1/2 142 mm
Effective Tensile Force FTEN (FL1 x rT1 + FV1 x rV1)/L2 0.34 MT
Moment of Tensile/Uplift forces M (FL1 x rT1 + FV1 x rV1) 0.08 MT-m

STRENGTH CHECK (Longitudinal Direction)

FL1
Shear Stress on Dog Plate τS FL1 / As 10.46 MPa OK
Tensile Stress on Dog Plate σT FTEN / As 0.96 MPa OK
Bending Stress on Dog Plate σB M / Zs 5.73 MPa OK
Von Mises Stress on Dog Plate σV {(σT + σB)2 + 3τS2}1/2 19.32 MPa OK
WELD CHECK
Weld Type Fillet (Both Sides)
w (both sides)
Length of Weld Lw L2 230 mm
Thickness of Weld w 10 mm
Weld Throat Sw 0.707 x w x 2 sides 14.14 mm
Weld Area Aw Lw x Sw 3252.20 mm2
Section Modulus of Weld Zw Lw2 x Sw/6 124667.67 mm3
Shear Stress on Weld τSW FL1 / Aw 11.10 MPa
Tensile Stress on Weld σTW FTEN / Aw 1.01 MPa
Bending Stress on Weld σBW M / Zw 6.08 MPa
Total Stress on Weld σVW {σBW2 + σTW2+ τSW2}1/2 12.70 MPa
Allowable Weld Stress on Weld σW 144.00 MPa
Weld Stress Check OK
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