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Fork Lift Ramp Calculation

The document provides design calculations for a fork lift ramp. It includes assumptions about the fork lift weight and capacity. It then calculates the required plate thicknesses to support the wheel loads and resists bending. It also checks the adequacy of an IPE 300 section to resist local buckling, web crippling and compression. Finally, it sizes stiffeners to reinforce the plate. The key calculations show that plate thicknesses of 15mm and 8mm are required, and that an IPE 300 section with a 0.591 inch plate flange is adequate to support the design loads.

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Fork Lift Ramp Calculation

The document provides design calculations for a fork lift ramp. It includes assumptions about the fork lift weight and capacity. It then calculates the required plate thicknesses to support the wheel loads and resists bending. It also checks the adequacy of an IPE 300 section to resist local buckling, web crippling and compression. Finally, it sizes stiffeners to reinforce the plate. The key calculations show that plate thicknesses of 15mm and 8mm are required, and that an IPE 300 section with a 0.591 inch plate flange is adequate to support the design loads.

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DQ. NO: JOB NO: DATE:


DESIGNED BY: CHECKED BY:
REV NO: REV DATE:
DESCRIPTION :

Fork Lift Ramp

A. Basic Assumptions:

Weight of Fork Lift = 1.5 Ton (Assume)


14.72 kN
3.306 kip
Capacity of Fork Lift= 4.5 Ton
44.15 kN
9.918 kip
Wheel Load = 1.5 Ton
14.72 kN
3.306 kip

Fy= 50 ksi (Hot Rolled IPE Section) Propertiies of IPE 300:


34.5 kN/cm2
Fy= 50 ksi (Steel Plate) tw= 7.1 mm
34.5 kN/cm2 0.280 in
Fy= 50 ksi (Cheq Plate) tf= 10.7 mm
34.5 kN/cm2 0.421 in

B. Required Plate Thikness (Acting as Flange for cut IPE 300)

P= 14.72 kN (Wheel load applied at the edge of the plate. The plate acting as flange of the cut IPE 300)
x1= 66.45 mm (Moment arm=(plate width-IPE web thk-twice weld size)/2)
6.645 cm (Plate width=150mm, weld size=5mm)
M= 97.78 kN-cm

tp= 1.46 cm (6*M/(Fb*B))^0.5


say 15 mm
0.591 in

B= 13.29 cm (B=2*x1,45 degree projection to point of maximum moment)


Fb= 20.7 kN/cm2 (0.6*Fy)

C. Required Cheq Plate Thkness

(Assume the plate is simply supported at plate edge. Distance between edges=725-150 which is 575mm)
(Max Moment occurs when a wheel is at the center)

P= 14.72 kN
L= 575 mm
57.5 cm
M= 105.8 kN-cm (P*L/8)

tp= 0.73 cm (6*M/(Fb*B))^0.5


say 8 mm

(B=2*x2,45 degree projection to point of maximum moment)


B= 57.5 cm (0.6*Fy)
Fb= 20.7 kN/cm2
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D. Check the adequacy of IPE 300

D.1 IPE 300 LOCAL WEB YIELDING

Rn/Ω= 34.85 kip (5k+N)*Fy*tw Eq J10-2 ,AISC 2005)


IPE 300 Web thkness is safe for local web yielding
Ω= 1.50
tw= 0.280 in IPE 300 web thkness
k= 0.748 in dist from outside face of outside plate to the web weld(Plate thk=15mm, weld=5mm)
N= 0.00 in Assume point application for wheel load
Fyw= 50.0 ksi

D.2. IPE 300 WEB CRIPPLING

Rn/Ω= 54.7 kip (0.8*tw^2*(1+3(N/d)(tw/tf)^1.5))(E*Fyw*tf/tw)^0.5 Eq J10-4 ,AISC 2005)


IPE 300 Web thkness is safe for web crippling
Ω= 2.00
N= 0.000 in Assume point application for wheel load
Fyw= 50 ksi
tf= 0.5906 in Plate thkness(Plate is acting as a flange for the cut portion of IPE300)
tw= 0.2795 in IPE 300 web thkness
E= 29000 ksi
d= 11.81 in depth of member

D.3. COMPRESSION BUCKLING OF IPE 300 WEB


Pfc= 3.306 kip Required Compressive force

Rn/Ω= 34.5 kip (24*tw^3*(E*Fyw)^0.5/h Eq J10-8 ,AISC 2005)


IPE 300 Web thkness is adequate to resist the Compressive force
Ω= 1.67
h= 10.969 in
tw= 0.2795 in
E= 29000 ksi
Fyw= 50.0 ksi

E. Size of Stiffener

ts= 8 mm (Assume)
0.315 in

The stiffener capacity will be checked with a full section as per Section J10.8 of ASCE 7-05.

ws= 70 mm (width of one stiffener approx. equal to (150-7.1)/2)


Lw= 177.5 mm (Lw=25*tw, as per Section J10.8 of ASCE 7-05)
(Lw=25*7.1=177.5mm)

A 2380 mm2 (Lw*tw+2*ws*ts)


23.8 cm2

Ix= 183.5 cm4


k= 0.75
L= 28 cm (from sketch)
r= 2.78 cm (I/A)^0.5
kL/r= 7.564
Fa= 20.32 kN/cm2 (Allowable compreesive stress)

Ps= 483.7 kN (Stiffener compressive capacity)


(The stiffener is designed as column based on Section J10.8 of ASCE 7-05)
Stiffener size of 8mm is adequate

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