Tailing Lug

Developer:

Meca Enterprises
Chris Rosencutter
chris@mecaconsulting.com

Description:

Design a tailing lug for a stack or vessel. The tailing lug consists
of a single lug on the top of the vessel with stiffeners to reduce
local stresses in this shell. A check of the shear, bearing, bending,
edge distances, shell local stresses, and shackle clearance is made.
The program also checks the loads on the lugs for all angles of lift
from horizontal to vertical.

Platform:

TailLug is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It requires MS Excel

2000 or later to run.

Units:

English or Metric
(Click of the button automatically toggles all inputs and results)

Sample Output:

The following pages are the output from the TailLug spreadsheet.

Purchase:

You may purchase this program at www.mecaconsulting.com .

Tailing Lug v1-1

Single Tailing Lug for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demonstration

English

Metric

H=
V=

Lift Load with Structure in Horizontal Position

Lift load with Structure in Vertical Position

OD =
t=
Fys =
E=

Outer Diameter of Shell

Corroded Shell Thickness
Yield Stress of Shell
Modulus of Elasticity of Shell

Ws =
ts =
hs =
Fy =
Fu =

Width of Stiffener Plate

Thickness of Stiffener
Dist from Shell Od to Stiffener Edge
Yield strength of Lug and Stiffeners
Ultimate tensile strength of material

hl =
tg =
h=
R=
tw =

Dist from edge of stiffener to ctr of hole

Thickness of Tailing Lug
Height of Tailing Lug
Radius of Lug
Weld Leg Size

Crosby Shackle Size

Model =
Db =
Diameter of Shackle Pin
hd =
Diameter of Lug Hole
Pd =
Diameter of Repad
tp =
Thickness of Repad
Description
Stiffeners: Bending Stress
Lug: Minimum Edge Distance
Lug: Shear
Lug: Bearing Stress
Lug: Bending + Tensile Stress
Local Shell Stress
Welding
Shackle

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SR
0.86
0.34
0.82
0.19
0.39
0.22
0.17

G-2130

Result
Actual
PASS
18,531
PASS
1.688
PASS
11,852
PASS
13,333
PASS
8,318
PASS
6,484
PASS
1,863
Shackle is Acceptable

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR
25,000 lbs
2,500 lbs
36
0.375
32,600
2.90E+07

in
in
psi
psi

6
0.75
4
36,000
70,000

in
in
in
psi
psi

4
1.25
12
2.5
0.5

in
in
in
in
in

Ton
1.5000
1.6250
0
0

in
in
in
in

13 1/213
Ton
1/2

Allowable
21,600
0.571
14,400
70,000
21,600
29,340
10,800

Units
psi
in
psi
psi
psi
psi
psi

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Tailing Lug v1-1

Single Tailing Lug for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demonstration

English

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR

Metric

Partial Stiffener Design

Lift

F
Angle

Angle

Tail Load
lbs
25,000
22,500
20,000
17,500
15,000
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
25,000

Stress in Top and Bottom Stiffener

Fx
Fy
Fstiff
lbs
lbs
lbs
25,000
12,500
3,907
22,158
13,521
6,840
18,794
13,672
8,750
15,155
13,046
9,642
11,491
11,771
9,576
8,035
10,002
8,660
5,000
7,913
7,048
2,565
5,687
4,924
868
3,512
2,500
0
1,563
9,642
25,000
13,672

Mstiff
in-lbs
33,885
36,653
37,063
35,366
31,910
27,114
21,450
15,417
9,519
4,236
37,063

0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Maximum
Notes:
Design per "Pressure Vessel Design Manual" by Dennis R. Moss
Fx = (Tail Load) * Sin(Angle)
Mstiff = Fstiff / (4 * Beta)
Fy = (Tail Load) * Cos(Angle)
fstiff = Mstiff / S
Fstiff = Fy/2 + Fx*(hs+hs)/h
Stiffener Properties:
I=
ts*hs^3/12
S=
ts&hs^2/6
K=
E*t/(OD/2)^2
Beta =
(K/(4*E*I))^0.25

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fstiff
psi
16,943
18,326
18,531
17,683
15,955
13,557
10,725
7,709
4,760
2,118
18,531

4.000E+00 in^4
2.00 in^3
3.356E+04 lb/in^3
0.0922

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Tailing Lug v1-1

Single Tailing Lug for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demonstration

English

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR

Metric

Lifting Lug Design

Minimum Edge Distance:
Req'd Minimum Edge Distance (per J3-6): 2*H/(Fu*tg)
Actual Edge Distance: (R - hd/2)

0.571 in
1.688 in

Single Plane Shear Stress:

fv =
H / ((R - hd / 2) * tg+(Pd - hd / 2)*tp*2)
Fv =
Allowable Shear: 0.4 * Fy

11,852 psi
14,400 psi

Bearing Stress:
fbr =
Fbr =

13,333 psi
70,000 psi

Angle
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Max
Notes:

h/(Db*(tg+2*tp))
Allowable Bearing: 1.0 * Fu

Tail Load
lbs
25,000
22,500
20,000
17,500
15,000
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
25,000

Fx
lbs
3,907
6,840
8,750
9,642
9,576
8,660
7,048
4,924
2,500
9,642

Fx = (Tail Load) * Sin(Angle)

Fy = (Tail Load) * Cos(Angle)
Mlug = Fx * hl
Slug =
tg*(2*R)^2 / 6
Alug =
tg*(2*R)
fa = Fy / Alug
fb = M / Slug
ftot = fa + fb

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Stress in Lifting Lug

Fy
Mlug
lbs
in-lbs
25,000
22,158
13,675
18,794
23,941
15,155
30,625
11,491
33,746
8,035
33,514
5,000
30,311
2,565
24,667
868
17,234
0
8,750
25,000
33,746

=
=

fa
psi
4,000
3,545
3,007
2,425
1,839
1,286
800
410
139
0
4,000

fb
psi
2,626
4,597
5,880
6,479
6,435
5,820
4,736
3,309
1,680
6,479

ftot
psi
4,000
6,171
7,604
8,305
8,318
7,720
6,620
5,146
3,448
1,680
8,318

5.208 in^3
6.250 in^2

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Tailing Lug v1-1

Single Tailing Lug for a Stack or Vessel
Customer: Meca
Desc: Demonstration

English

Project: Demo
Engineer: CR

Metric

Local Stress and Weld Design

Angle
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Max
Notes:

Mx
in-lbs
0.000E+00
2.930E+04
5.130E+04
6.563E+04
7.231E+04
7.182E+04
6.495E+04
5.286E+04
3.693E+04
1.875E+04
5.130E+04

Fy
lbs
25,000
22,158
18,794
15,155
11,491
8,035
5,000
2,565
868
0
18,794

Local Stress in Shell

f1
f3
lb/in
lb/in
521
153
462
267
392
342
316
377
239
374
167
338
104
275
53
192
18
98
0
267
392

Mx = Fx * (hs + hl)
f1 = Mx / Zx
f3 = Fy / L
S1 = 1.17*((Rm*ts)^0.5)*f1/ts^2
S3 = 1.75*((Rm*ts)^0.5)*f3/ts^2
Stot = S1 + S3
Rm =
(OD-t)/2
Zx =
2*(h^2/6)+2*(Ws*h)
Zy =
2*(Ws^2/6)+2*h*Ws
L=
2*(h+2*Ws)

=
=
=
=

S1
psi

S3
psi
5,923
5,249
4,452
3,590
2,722
1,903
1,185
608
206
0
4,452

1,160
2,031
2,599
2,863
2,844
2,572
2,093
1,462
742
2,031

17.8125
192.00
156.00
48.00

Stot
psi
5,923
6,410
6,484
6,189
5,586
4,747
3,756
2,701
1,668
742
6,484

in
in^2
in^2
in

Welding:
Aw =
Sw =
fw =

L*0.707*tw
Zx*0.707*tw
Max(Mx) / Sw + Max(Fy)/Aw

Shackle Checks:
Rated Capacity
Maximum Load
--> Capacity Ok

16.968 in^2
67.872 in^3
1,863 psi

27,000 lbs
25,000 lbs

Inside Clearnace for Shackle

Actual Lug Radius: R
--> Clearnace OK

5.2500 in
2.5000 in

Shackle Width
Total Plate Width: tg + 2*tp
--> Clearance OK

2.2500 in
1.2500 in

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