DESIGN OF MONORAIL OVERHEAD CRANE

GIVEN
Unsupported length of monorail at major axis
Unsupported length of monorail at minor axis
Yield stress
Hoist capacity
Modulus of elesticity ( E )
Constant (N)
Stress level 1
1.10
Stress level 2
1.00
Stress level 3
0.89
Allowable stresses
Stress level 1
148.80
Mpa
Stress level 2
163.68
Mpa
Stress level 3
186.00
Mpa
Max d of section required by trolley clearance
PRELIM CALCULATIONS
Min depth of monorail beam (dm)
Ultimate load, Pu (150% of hoist cap)
Axial load, Pux (10% of Pu)
Lat load. Puy (20% of Pu)
TRIAL SECTION BASED ON MIN DEPTH
d (in)
x
w (lb/ft)
W

24
Ix
Iy
Sx
Sy
rx
ry
A
Wt
bf
tf
d
tw

94
1.12E+09
4.50E+07
3.64E+06
3.93E+05
2.51E+02
5.03E+01
1.79E+04
1.40E+02
2.30E+02
2.22E+01
6.17E+02
1.31E+01

COMBINED STRESS
AXIAL STRESS
fa
(KL/ry)

mm4
mm4
mm3
mm3
mm
mm
mm2
kg/m
mm
mm
mm
mm

OK!

(KL/rx)
Fa
fa/Fa
BENDING & TORSION STRESS
Ultimate weight of monorail (110% of trial section)
Addional weight of steel rail
Inertia of bottom
flange
Mx
My
Mtor
fbx
fby
fbx/Fbx
fby/Fby
Interaction, =/< 1
DEFLECTION
Allowable deflection, delta
Actual deflection of point load
Actual deflection of uniform load
Total actual deflection, =/< delta
FATIGUE STRESS
Actual bending stress
Allowable bending stress
Fatigue stress, =/< 0.5

14,000.00
14,000.00
248.00
5,000.00
200,000.00

mm
mm
Mpa
kg
Mpa

1.10

148.00

Mpa

150.00

mm

466.67
73,575.00
7,357.50
14,715.00

mm
N
N
N

4.12E-01
2.78E+02

Mpa

9.89E-01
1.21E+01
3.41E-02
1.51
0.37
1.90E+04
7.17E+07
5.15E+07
1.69E+06
1.97E+01
2.20E+02
1.33E-01
1.49E+00
1.65E+00

23.33
18.71
3.36
22.07

1.97E+01
148.00
0.13

Mpa

N/mm
N/mm
mm3
N-mm
N-mm
N-mm
Mpa
Mpa

UNSAFE!

mm
mm
mm
OK!

OK!

DESIGN OF MONORAIL OVERHEAD CRANE

GIVEN
Unsupported length of monorail at major axis
Unsupported length of monorail at minor axis
Yield stress
Hoist capacity
Modulus of elesticity ( E )
Constant (N)
Stress level 1
1.10
Stress level 2
1.00
Stress level 3
0.89
Allowable stresses
Stress level 1
148.80
Mpa
Stress level 2
163.68
Mpa
Stress level 3
186.00
Mpa
Max d of section required by trolley clearance
LOAD COMBINATIONS
Case 1 Monorail in regular use under principle loading (stress level 1)
(DLxDLF)+(TLxDLF)+(LLxHLF)+IFD
Case 2 Monorail in regular use under principple loading and additional loading (stress level 2)
(DLxDLF)+(TLxDLF)+(LLxHLF)+IFD+WLO+SK
Case 3 Monorail under extraordinary loading (stress level 3)
DL+TL+WLS
DL+TL+LL+CF
For manually driven hoist; DLF and HLF = 1.15

PRELIM CALCULATIONS
Min depth of monorail beam (dm)
Ultimate load, Pu (150% of hoist cap)
Axial load, Pux (10% of Pu)
Lat load. Puy (20% of Pu)
TRIAL COMPOSITE SECTION BASED ON MIN DEPTH
d (in)
x
w (lb/ft)
C
15
50
W
24
104
Ix
1.90E+09
mm4
Iy
2.78E+08
mm4
Sx
4.69E+06
mm3
Sy
1.46E+06
mm3
rx
2.54E+02
mm

ry
A
Wt
bf
tf
d
tw

9.74E+01
2.93E+04
2.30E+02
3.26E+02
1.91E+01
6.12E+02
1.27E+01

mm
mm2
kg/m
mm
mm
mm
mm

OK!

COMBINED STRESS
AXIAL STRESS
fa
(KL/ry)
(KL/rx)
Fa
fa/Fa
BENDING & TORSION STRESS
Ultimate weight of monorail (110% of trial section)
Addional weight of steel rail
Inertia of bottom
flange
Mx
My
Mtor
fbx
fby
fbx/Fbx
fby/Fby
Interaction, =/< 1
DEFLECTION
Allowable deflection, delta
Actual deflection of point load
Actual deflection of uniform load
Total actual deflection, =/< delta
FATIGUE STRESS
Actual bending stress
Allowable bending stress
Fatigue stress, =/< 0.75

14,000.00
14,000.00
248.00
5,000.00
200,000.00

mm
mm
Mpa
kg
Mpa

1.10

148.00

Mpa

150.00

mm

additional loading (stress level 2)

466.67
73,575.00
7,357.50
14,715.00

CSI SECTION BUILDER

mm
N
N
N

2.51E-01
1.44E+02
9.75E-01
4.53E+01
5.55E-03
2.48
0.37
1.98E+04
9.54E+07
5.15E+07
1.68E+06
2.03E+01
1.20E+02
1.37E-01
8.11E-01
9.54E-01

23.33
11.07
3.26
14.33

2.03E+01
148.00
0.14

Mpa

Mpa

N/mm
N/mm
mm3
N-mm
N-mm
N-mm
Mpa
Mpa

OK!

mm
mm
mm
OK!

Mpa
Mpa
OK!