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Welcome To The The Spreadsheet For Dog Plate Design!: What Does This Excel Sheet Do?
Welcome To The The Spreadsheet For Dog Plate Design!: What Does This Excel Sheet Do?
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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
References
1. AISC ASD 9th Ed
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INPUTS
H2 (Height of Cut)
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ALLOWABLE STRESS
Parameter Symbol Formula Value Unit
Steel Yield Stress σy 235 MPa
Lo Lo
ngi ngi
Trasnverse Dog Plates(Port)*
tu tu
di di
na na Total Longitudinal Force (FL)
l l
Do Do
g g
Pl Pl
at at
es CARGO VESSEL'S DECK
Transverse Dog Plates(Stbd)* es
(F
*Note: The number of dog plates is only indicative, user can modify this to
CARGO PLAN show the actual number of dog plates
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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
Shear area of Dog Plate AS L2 x t 3450 mm
2 FV1
2 3
Section Modulus of Web Plate Bottom Zs t x L2 /6 132250 mm
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