Lifting Beam Manual

Feb 05 8tructure-soft 2005
Structure - soft
User Nanual

Lifting Beam Design to B8 2853

Feb 05 8tructure- soft 2005
St r uc t ur e- s of t
User Manual
Structure-soft
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Table of Contents

SECTION 1

1.0 INTRODUCTION 2
2.0 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2
3.0 INSTALLING LIFTING BEAM 2
SECTION 2
4.0 GETTING STARTED 11
PROJECT INFORMATION 11
COMPANY DETAILS 12

DESIGN STEP 1 - SUPPORT CONDITIONS 13

DESIGN STEP 2 STEELWORK INFORMATION 14
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MATERIAL GRADE STRENGTH 15

DESIGN STEP 3 LIFTING BEAM DESIGN INFORMATION 16

DESIGN STEP 4 TROLLEY INFORMATION 17
EMPIRICAL INFORMATION 17
VENDOR INFORMATION 17

DESIGN STEP 5 - TROLLEY OPERATING CONDITIONS 18
GENERAL INFORMATION TAB 18
TROLLEY TYPE TAB 19
TROLLEY LOCATION TAB 20

SECTION 3

5.0 ANALYSIS RESULTS 23
STRESS INTERACTION GRAPH 25
SAVING & PRINTING RESULTS 26
SAVE 26
PRINT 26
NEW ANALYSIS 26
QUIT 26

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1.0 ntroduction
Liting beam design to BS2853 is an analysis and design sotware package or Ciil &
Structural Lngineers. 1his manual has been prepared to allow user to install the sotware
and as a guide or new users on how to use the application.
2.0 8ystem Requirements

lollowing are the minimum requirements or running the application on a PC. Systems
with increased memory, processor power etc. will result in enhanced perormance.

. Pevtivv P PC ;or bigber)
1C. grabic. cara 00 00 re.otvtiov
M !ivaor. or tater
cet 1er.iov or tater
1M of vevor,
. CDRov arire
are ai.c .ace for .arivg fite.

Although the spreadsheet can be used on alternatie platorms, problems may be
experienced when running the program, such as dialog boxes being truncated due to
wrong resolution size, ,VGA 600x 480,. Graphs and VBA commands may also become
corrupted when the program is executed within the wrong Microsot operating system or
Lxcel ersion. Users should reer to the trouble-shooting guide or urther inormation.

3.0 nstalling Lifting Beam

Liting beam can be installed either as a download orm the structure-sot website,
,www.structure-sot.com,, or ia an installation CD. \ou must install liting beam while
running \indows or the application iles to be transerred and installed to your hard
disk correctly. \ou may require administration rights i you are trying to install Liting
beam to a stand alone PC or one that is connected to a local area network, ,LAN,, or a
wide area network, ,\AN,. I you encounter administration rights problems speak to
your I1 administrator.

8ection
1

3 33 3
Installation Step J

Ater you insert the Liting Beam CD into the PC, locate the executable ile called
litingbeam.exe`. Once located, double click on this ile to launch the installation
procedure. \ou will be presented with an introduction screen showing the aailable
options, shown below.

lollow the prompts as directed to install the sotware to your PC

4 44 4

Installation Step 2

1he next dialogue box that is
displayed relates to the license
agreement o the application.
Please read this careully beore
continuing. Once you hae read
the license agreement, select the i
accept the agreement` button to
conirm agreement.. Click on the
Next button to continue.

I you do not accept the
agreement, the installation routine
will terminate and the application
will not be installed.

Installation Step 3

1he next dialogue box displayed,
proides additional inormation to
the user about the application.
Please read this prior to continuing
to the next stage o installation.

Installation Step 4

\ou may install the application in
any older o your choice. A deault
older name and path location will
be speciied.

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Installation Step S

\ou will also be asked which
components o the application you
wish to install. I you wish to install
them select the releant option box
beore proceeding to the next stage
o installation.

Installation Step 6

1he application will also ask where
the start menu older should be
located. A deault older will be
created. I a dierent location is
preerred, click the browse button
to naigate an alternatie path.

Installation Step 7

A conirmation dialogue box will
appear that displays all releant
details o the installation.

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Installation Step 8

Click the install button to
commence installation o the
application. 1he ollowing dialogue
box will proide eedback on the
installation process as the
application is installed.

Installation Step 9

Once installation is complete an
additional inormation dialogue
box is displayed. 1his proides
inormation on warranties and
disclaimers. Please read this section
prior to moing onto the next
section.

Installation Step J0

1he sotware has now been
installed and the inal conirmation
screen is displayed.

Once the application has been installed, a release code will need to be obtained prior to
running the liting beam program.

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Release code

Once the application has been installed it will be necessary to register the program irst
prior to undertaking any analysis & design work.

Launch the application by locating the releant icon in the start programs menu.
Alternatiely click the short cut icon, i one was installed during the installation
procedure.

\hen the application is launched or the irst time, the ollowing dialogue box is
presented:

1o register the application, click the yes button to proceed. Clicking the No button will
result in cancellation o the registration process and the application remaining locked.

NFORMATON

The protection used on the application consists of a software lock,
as opposed to a hardware lock, {dongle}. The software lock binds the
application to a specific computer you are installing it on.

t is advisable to backup the computers hard disk drive once the
release code is obtained since if the HDD is corrupted at a later date,
then a new software lock will need to be obtained, which will be
sub]ect to an administration charge.

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1he ollowing dialogue box will be displayed which will display your unique ID and also
request the registration code to unlock the application.

A copy o the unique ID number needs to be registered at structure-sot, in order that
the user can obtain a release key to complete the installation process. 1he registration
process is a two-step process in order to ensure the authenticity o the user.

Stage 1 Send company e-mail with Unique ID number and contact details.
Stage 2 Conirm details on structure-sot web site.

S1AGL J

An e-mail must be sent to Structure-sot at the ollowing address:

registerstructure-sot.com

1he e-mail should contain the ollowing inormation:

Subject , leading Liting beam Registration

Unique ID No xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx

Name \our Name

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Contact 1el No \our direct dial number

Position Company position

Company Name Name o company

Company Address lull postal address including postcode

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5. are tbe aocvvevt a. tiftivg beav regi.tratiov /e,, for fvtvre referevce.

NFORMATON

The e-mail address you send from should be the same as the
registration e-mail address that will be used for registering on the
website i.e. your company address and not a home e-mail or hotmail
type address.

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S1AGL 2

Log onto the structure-sot registration site at:

www.structure-sot.com,registration

Once logged on to the site, enter details as requested.

An e-mail will be sent to the registered e-mail address, which will include the key to
unlock the liting beam application. 1he unlock key should be copied into the Paste Reg
Key here` box. Click on the register button to complete installation.

1he application will now be registered and unlocked or detailed design o the liting
beam.

I the registration process encounters an error, the ollowing warning box will be
displayed. Check that the unlock key has been entered correctly and retry.

I you continue to experience problems with registration, send an e-mail to structure-sot
detailing the problems you are experiencing. Please include details o your PC system,
operating system and ersion o excel and we will respond to you as quickly as possible.

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4.0 Getting 8tarted

Pro]ect nformation

1he irst screen that is displayed is the splash screen, ,not shown,, which clears ater a couple
o seconds to reeal the project inormation dialogue box, which is shown below.
1he project dialogue box captures client & project detail inormation as well as inormation
on the engineer responsible or undertaking the calculations.
1here are also seeral option buttons located at the bottom o the dialogue box which, once
clicked, will enable arious actions:
8tructure-soft button Captures your company contact so it appears on the header o the
printed calculation sheets.
Ouit Button Quits liting beam design application.
8tart analysis Button Proceed to design o liting beams to BS 2853

lig 1 Project inormation
8ection
2

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Company Details

1he ollowing dialogue box is presented i the user selects the structure-sot button. 1he
dialogue button takes company detail inormation, which will subsequently be shown in the
header o all printed calculation sheets.

lig 2 Company details
Please note that all company details will be placed in pre-deined areas o the calculation
sheets, there is no scope or the user to change the location o these positions. 1he user only
has rights to change the content o the cell.
Company Logo I you wish to attach the company logo to your inished calculations then
click this button to attach your releant graphics ile. A Microsot browser dialogue box will
open to enable you to locate your ile. 1he logo will appear in a predeined area in the top let
hand side o the header o the calculation sheets. Once company details hae been entered hit
the back button to return to the preious screen.
NFORMATON

t may be necessary to initially experiment with the number of
characters used in each category, as text may be truncated or
corrupt text in ad]acent areas. 8imilarly you may have to experiment
with the size of your company logo to ensure best results.

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Design 8tep 1 - 8upport conditions

1he irst step o the analysis procedure consists o selecting the appropriate support
conditions. 1hree options are aailable:
A suspended beam,
A simply supported beam or
A cantileer beam.

1he igure below shows the dialogue box that presents the choice o liting beam design
options. 1he suspended beam option is set as the deault option.

lig 3 Beam type

Click on the releant choice that relect the support conditions o the liting beam you are
about to design.
Once selected, click the next button to moe to the next screen.

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Design 8tep 2 - 8teelwork nformation

lig 4 Steelwork inormation

Select the material grade o steelwork that is to be used or the structural strength
properties o the steelwork section.

1he steelwork allowable stress alues are based on BS2853, which hae the ollowing
alues:

Mild Steel

Allowable stress values for mild steel
Parameter Value Units
Allowable longitudinal stress 162 N,mm
2

Allowable transerse stress 223 N,mm
2

Allowable shear stress 100 N,mm
2

High Yield Steel

Allowable stress values for high yield steel
Parameter Value Units
Allowable longitudinal stress 224 N,mm
2

Allowable transerse stress 263 N,mm
2

Allowable shear stress 131 N,mm
2

\oungs Modulus

By deault \oung`s modulus or carbon steel is set at 205 KN,mm
2
in the program, but
the option has been proided to modiy the modulus alue, should the user hae a
requirement to change it.

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Additional information on material grade strength

In order to relate the allowable stress alues in BS 2853 to the equialent alues o
current codes, the ollowing nomenclature has been applied to the dialogue box:

1he reerences to S25 ,Grade 43, and S355 ,grade 50, are to proide consistency with
current British Standards.

S27S

S25 relates to BS 5950 & BS LN10025 and is equialent to a mild steel.
BS 5950 is an ultimate limit state design philosophy and is dierent to the design
philosophy o BS 2853.
S25 represents a yield strength o 25 N,mm
2
,note this alue is not adopted in the
design calculations - reer aboe or allowable stress limits,.

Grade 43

,Grade 43, relates to BS449 and is equialent to mild steel. BS449 is a working stress
design philosophy and is similar to the design philosophy o BS 2853.
,Grade 43, represents a yield strength o 162 N,mm
2
,note this alue is used in the

S3SS

S355 relates to BS 5950 & BS LN10025 and is equialent to a high yield steel
S355 represents a yield strength o 355 N,mm
2
,note this alue is not adopted in the

Grade S0

,Grade 50, relates to BS449 and is equialent to a high yield steel
,Grade 50, represents a yield strength o 224 N,mm
2
,note this alue is used in the
design calculations,.

Denotes high yield steel to BS 5950
which is equialent to BS2853 mild
steel
Denotes mild steel to BS 449 which is
equialent to BS2853 mild steel
BS 449 BS 5950

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Design 8tep 3 - Lifting beam design information

1he ollowing dialogue box displays the design parameters required or the program to
undertake the structural analysis o the liting beam.

8afe working load 1he user should speciy the sae working load, ,S\L,, that the
beam is to be designed or. S\L should be speciied in metric
tonnes.

8pan Lnter the clear span, ,distance between supports,, o the liting
beam. 1he clear span should be entered in metres.

8ection profile Click on the UB or UC section button to select the type o steel
section considered or the design o the liting beam.
UB sections designate uniersal beam sections to BS 4.
UC sections designate uniersal column sections to BS 4.

NFORMATON

Only Universal Beams and Universal Columns are supported in the
program at present.

8ection 8ize Once the desired section proile has been selected, click on the
drop down list, located in the middle o the beam diagram, to
iew the list o section sizes aailable.

Effective length Depending on the support conditions assumed and the restraint
proided by the supports, an eectie length actor should be
entered or the design o the liting beam. lor details o eectie
length actors which can be adopted in design, the user should
make reerence to either BS 449 or BS 5950.

lig 5 Liting beam Inormation

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Design 8tep 4 - Trolley nformation

1he ollowing dialogue box is displayed or oering the user the choice o trolley
inormation.

lig 6 1rolley Inormation

Empirical nformation

Lmpirical inormation adopts design parameters as based in BS 2853 i.e.

1rolley wheels are set in rom the beam lange ', ', or are located at the lange ends.

lor our-wheel trolleys, wheel centres are at notional locations along the beam length.

lurther explanation on trolley wheel centres & cross centres are proided in design step
5.

Vendor nformation

Adopting endor inormation will enable the user to submit speciic design parameters
o a liting trolley or accept parameters rom a list o endors.

NFORMATON

The current version of Lifting beam does not currently implement the
vendor information option.

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Design 8tep 5 - Trolley Operating Conditions

lig Operating conditions - general inormation

1his dialogue box has three dialogue tabs, ,sections,, which are :-

General information
Trolley type, and
Trolley location

General nformation Tab

1he irst dialogue box request inormation on the actual weight o the trolley itsel and
associated tackle weight. 1his weight must be entered in kilograms. I no weight is
known or the trolley & tackle, an assumed weight must be entered.

1he drop down box requires inormation on the trolley action i.e. is the trolley operated
manually or i it is electrically powered. Selection is made by highlighting the appropriate
option.

Dialogue tabs

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Trolley type tab

Click on the trolley type tab to actiate the second part o the dialogue box.

lig 8 Operating conditions - tab options

1he user should irst select the wheel coniguration o the trolley that will be used in the
design o the liting beam. Select either the two wheel or our wheel option by clicking
on the releant option button. By deault the two-wheel button is set as the standard
design option.

1he user should also select the set in o the trolley wheels relatie to the beam lange by
selecting the appropriate option. Releant inormation will automatically be displayed on
the dialogue box relating to wheel centres and lange width o section considered.

I the our-wheel option is selected then an additional parameter is required relating to
the cross centres o the trolley wheels. Click on the drop down box to select the
appropriate wheel centres that matches with your trolley.

NFORMATON

Please note that, by default, the cross centres of trolley wheels are
not normally shown and will only be displayed if the four-wheel option
button is selected.

Reer to the ollowing page or inormation on the dialogue box.

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lig 9 Operating Conditions: 1rolley type

llange \idth 444 1he dialogue box will display the lange width o the section size
selected at step 3 o the design process.
\heel centres 444 1he dialogue box will display the wheel centres based on the set
in o wheels selected by the user.

Trolley location tab

Click on the trolley location tab to actiate the third part o the dialogue box.

lig 10 Operating Conditions - tab options
1he user must next select the location o the liting beam trolley, which will relect the worst
possible design condition. 1wo options are aailable or consideration - remote rom the
beam end or at the beam end.
1his section is not shown by deault and will only be
shown i the 4wheel option button is selected.

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Remote rom beam end is equialent to designing the trolley at mid-span location o the
liting beam.
At beam end is equialent to designing the trolley at the end o the runway beam or local to a
splice connection, ,i appropriate,.
1he user should select the option that matches their design conditions. By deault the remote
rom beam end option is set as the normal design parameter.

ligure 11 Operating conditions: 1rolley location

I the second option is selected a urther sub-option is reealed, which will consider the
thickness o the lange plates in the analysis, i desired.
1his warning
will only be
shown i the
span o the
liting beam is
greater than
12m
1his section will
only be shown i
the beam end
option button is
selected

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MPORTANT NOTE l

ncluding the flange plate in the analysis will result in the
calculations adding the flange thickness and plate thickness
together to provide a composite thickness of the flange. n order for
this to be a valid design assumption, close attention to the detailing
of the connection needs to be considered as well as the implications
of using a localised thickened flange.

Users are advised to use this option with caution.

The lifting beam software does not undertake a splice design as
this is out with the scope of the application.

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5.0 Analysis Results
Once all design parameters hae been entered a summary o the analysis results is displayed.
Results are displayed and categorised into three speciic sections:
General Proriae. ivforvatiov ba.ea ov ivvt araveter. .etectea b, tbe v.er, .vcb a. tbe .ectiov .ie
.etectea, tbe .av of tbe tiftivg beav, effectire tevgtb factor ava aetait. ov tbe catcvtatea
bevaivg vovevt ava .bear force.
1rolley Proriae. trotte, ivforvatiov coefficievt. ba.ea ov criteria .etectea b, tbe v.er, .vcb a. rbetber
tbe trotte, i. vavvatt, or etectricatt, oeratea ava tbe a..ociatea rbeet coefficievt. aaotea b,
tbe aticatiov.
Code Checks Proriae. a .vvvar, of tbe aroriate coae cbec/. ava tbeir .tatv., .vcb a. .tevaerve..
ratio, aetb to ftavge tbic/ve.., attorabte bevaivg .tre.., catcvtatea tovgitvaivat .tre.. c
trav.rer.e .tre.. ava totat aeftectiov of tiftivg beav.

ligure 12 Analysis results
8ection
3

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I the design o the liting beam ails any o the releant code checks, the user will not be
able to proceed to the next section and an appropriate dialogue box will be shown
indicating what code check has ailed and, on some instances, also prompt the user with
a possible solution to rectiy the problem.

ligure 13 \arning dialogue box

I this occurs, the user has the option to select the start again` button, which will
commence the design orm the irst step, ,step 1 o 5,, or the user can select the back
button to return to the preious dialogue box. loweer the user may hae to moe back
seeral steps beore encountering the releant parameter that needs to be modiied.

EXAMPLE

A common problem that may be encountered is when the flange
width of the section size considered is out with the table limits set in
table 3 of B82853.

Consider a column section size of 305 x 305 x 97 UC is adopted for
design. The application will report an error since the value of C is out
with range limits of the table and a different section size will need to
be adopted before the application can proceed with the design of the
lifting beam.

I the design is compliant with all code checks, the user can select the iew graph`
button to reiew the stress interaction diagram.

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8tress nteraction Graph

Once the iew graph button is selected, the stress interaction graph is generated and
displayed to the user. A typical graph is shown below. 1he stress interaction o the
current design is denoted by the red point. 1he red point must lie below the boundary o
the solid red line, in order to be a alid design. I the plotted point appears aboe the
solid red line then stress interaction exceeds allowable limits o the code and a new
analysis will need to be undertaken.

ligure 14 Stress interaction diagram

Once the graph has been reiewed click the next button to continue.

NFORMATON

As a visual check, the background of the graph will be displayed in a
green colour to indicate that grade 43 stress limits apply to the
design. A pink background is displayed to indicate that grade 50
stress limits apply to the design.

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8aving & Printing Results

Once analysis is inished, the user is presented with the ollowing dialogue box.

ligure 15 Options dialogue

1he user can select to sae results, print results, undertake a new analysis or inish using
the program.

8ave

By clicking on the sae button, the user can sae their analysis results to the releant
older and , or project directory. A standard windows explorer dialogue box, ,not
shown,, will request the name o the ile to be saed and the location o the ile. Once
the ile has been saed to the releant location the ollowing message is displayed. Click
the OK button to return to the preious dialogue box.

ligure 16 Inormation dialogue - saed analysis.

Print

Select the print button to print a hard copy o the analysis results. Printed results will be
directed to the deault printer set up o the PC being used.

New Analysis

Click this button is a new analysis is required

Ouit

Click the quit button to leae liting beam analysis to BS 2853 program.

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Application Limitations

1he application has certain limitations that may or may not be apparent to the user.
1hese hae been itemised as ar as possible in the list below. Lery eort has been made
to address the salient points, but the list is not exhaustie.

\heel gauge is based on predeined criteria i.e. edge, , ', etc. o beam lange width.
No allowance is made or actual wheel gauge.

\heel centres are considered at preset locations or our wheel trolleys - no adjustment
can be made in the application to replicate actual wheel centre positions.

Moments and shear orces are calculated based on standard ormula or preset load
conditions i.e. max moment taken as mid span or simply supported & suspended beams,
beam end or cantileer beams.

llange plates

Splice connection design is not undertaken by the application.

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RLILRLNCLS

|1| BS2853: Part 1: 195 1he design and testing o steel oerhead runway beams.

|2| BS5950: Part 1: 2000 Structural use o steelwork in building.

|3| BS449: Part 2: 1969 ,amend, 1he use o structural steel in building.

DOCUMLN1 HIS1ORY

lor quality assurance and tracking purposes, a tabulated document history is
incorporated into the manual to ensure users are working with current inormation and
sotware.

User Manual

Issue Date ebrvar, 0:
Created by trvctvre.oft
Revision 1.0
Reason for issue
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Software Release

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Created by trvctvre.oft
Software version 1.2.0
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Reason for issue
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