Client: New York Power Authority Sheet: 33 of 46

Project: St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project Date: 8/17/2018

Description: 300 Ton Gantry Crane Condition Assessment Job No: 224101133
Location: Lewiston, New York By: RD Chkd By: VN

7.1 The structural design of the crane must guard againstt local bucling and lateral torsion
buckling of the web plates and cover plates of girder. For purpose of assessing buckling, the
plates are subdivided into rectangular plates of length 'a' and width 'b'. The length 'a= 51in ' of
these panels corresponds to the centre distance of the ful depth diaphragms or transverse
stiffeners welded to the panels

In the case of compression flanges, the length 'b=39.125in ' of the panel indicates the
distance between web plates, or the distance between web plates and/or longitudinal
stiffeners. In the case of web plates, the length of 'b' of the panel indicates the depth of the
girder, or the distance between compression or tension flanges and/or horizontal stiffeners.

7.2 Critical buckling stress for simultaneous compression and shear:

FIG. 35 : TABLE 3.4.8.2 CMAA 70 - FOR FLANGE

ψ  0

51.125in
α 
39.25in

α  1.303

Buckling coefficient Compression 8.4

Kσ  for α>1
(from Table 3.4.8.2-1) Case 1 as shown above ψ  1.1

Kσ  7.636

FIG. 36 : TABLE 3.4.8.2 CMAA 70 - FOR WEB

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Client: New York Power Authority Sheet: 34 of 46
Project: St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project Date: 8/17/2018
Description: 300 Ton Gantry Crane Condition Assessment Job No: 224101133
Location: Lewiston, New York By: RD Chkd By: VN

Buckling coefficient Shear

4.00
(from table 3.4.8.2-1) Case 4 as shown below Kτ  5.34  for α>1
2
α

Kτ  7.698

6
Modulus of Elasticity of Steel Es  29  10 psi

Poission ration for Steel μ  0.3

3
Thickness of Crane leg plate t  in
8

Width of plate in perpendicular to the compression force b  39.25in

2 2
π  Es t
Euler buckling stress which can be determined from the σe   
following formula, σe 
12  1  μ
2   b

σe  2392.535  psi

Critical Buckling stress shall be assumed to be a

σk  Kσ  σe
multiple of the Euler Stress

σk  18270.268  psi

τk  Kτ  σe

τk  18416.811  psi

Hence SAFE

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