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Underhunghoistorbridgecrane.Therailissupportedatthetopflange.Therearenoothersupports.Therequiredhorizontal
forceisappliedatthebottomflange.Assuchiteitherbendstheweborputsthesectionintorsion.Butthesupportsbeingat
thetoprailonlydonotgivemuch,ifanyresistancetothetorsion.Howisthisaccountedforinnormalpractice?
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Letthewebbend....andactlikeapendulumorhanger,toconverttransverseloadsintoverticalloads.
Overhungbridgecranes'railsaresetupwithsomeslackinthetransversedirection,soasnottobindthetruckwheelflanges
ontherails.Withpropergeometry,theflangeswillselfcenterbetweentherails,sotherailsandtherunwaybeamsdon't
havetobeperfectlystraight,orplacedintheirexactidealpositionlaterally.
Bycontrast,forunderhungcranes,extracareisrequiredtohangtherunwayIbeamsatexactlythecorrectdistancefrom
eachother,becausethebridgebeamhasnoaxialcompliance.I.e.,anyerrorsin'track'atthetopoftherunwaybeamswill
makeitnecessaryfortheirwebstoflexlaterallyasthecranebeampasses.
MikeHalloran
PembrokePines,FL,USA
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Iwouldputthehalfdepthstiffenerpaltesat12"c/ctoincreasethewebflexureresistance.
Ihavesomeinterestingphotosathttp://civilbay.com/download/StiffenerPlateHelp...
Hey,youdontwanttoseeyourunderhungcranebeambehavinglikethishuh?
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http://civilbay.com/download/StiffenerPlateHelpBeamWebLocalBending.pd
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