CRANE LOAD CALCULATION        

Runway beam linear self weight U rb=       = 0.118 [kip/ft]  

Crane rail linear self weight U cr=       = 0.020 [kip/ft]  

Crane runway + rail selfweight R sw= (U rb + U cr) x L ver = 4.14 [kips]  

Wheel load by bridge selfweight P br= W br / (2 or 4 wheel x 2 sides) = 14.30 [kip/per wheel

Side Thrust Load             

  H s1= 0.4 Lifted Load = 16.00 [kips]  

  H s2= 0.2 (Lifted Load+ Trolley/Hoist Wt) = 10.12 [kips]  

  H s3= 0.1 (Lifted Load+ Entire Crane Wt) = 10.78 [kips]  

  H s4= 1.0 x Lifted Load = 40.00 [kips]  

  H s5= 2.0 x Lifted Load = 80.00 [kips]  

  H st= side thrust load calc using Option 1 = 2.53 [kip/per wheel

Tractive Load             

  H tr= 0.2 Max wheel load P max = 7.62 [kip/per wheel

Vertical Load             

Min. hook aproach S min= min (S L, S R) = 4.50 [ ft ]  

   (W rc+W th) x (S r-S min)
Max wheel load by calc P max-c=   +  P br = 37.97 [kip/per wheel
    no of wheel x S r

Max. wheel load by vendor P max-v=   = 38.10 [kip/per wheel

Max static wheel load P max= max (P max-v , P max-c) = 38.10 [kip/per wheel
   (W rc+W th) x S min
Min static wheel load P min=   +  P br = 15.93 [kip/per wheel
    no of wheel x S r
Crane runway beam span - ver L ver= 30.000 [ ft ] for max member forces and deflection calc

Crane runway beam span - hor L hor= 30.000 [ ft ]  

          

Crane runway beam span - ver L 1= 30.000 [ ft ] for max support reaction calc

  L 2= 30.000 [ ft ]  

Crane Wheel Load Distance                 

Crane wheel distance d 1= 12.000 [ ft ]          

Crane Wheel Load                

On The Side Close To Hook use max static wheel load P max    

Crane wheel load P 1= 38.10 [kips]         

                 

On The Side Far To Hook use min static wheel load P min    

Crane wheel load P 1= 15.93 [kips]         

                 

Max Member Forces for Crane Runway Beam Design        

         

Max Unfactored Moment             

 

Moment when use beam ver span L ver =30.000 ft,   M cr-ver will be used in beam strong axis M x calc below

  when x= 12.000 [ ft ] crane beam gets max moment M cr due to moving lo

Moment by moving wheel load - ver M cr-ver=   = 365.76 [kip-ft]  

Moment when use beam hor span L hor =30.000 ft,   M cr-hor will be used in beam weak axis M y calc below

  when x= 12.000 [ ft ] crane beam gets max moment M cr due to moving lo

Moment by moving wheel load - hor M cr-hor=   = 365.76 [kip-ft]  

Moment caused by beam and rail self-

M sw= (U rb + U cr) L ver2 / 8 = 15.51 [kip-ft]  
weight

 
Max Unfactored Shear when x= 0.300 [ ft ] crane beam gets max shear V cr due to moving load

Shear by moving wheel load V cr=      = 60.20 [kips]  

  V sw= (U rb + U cr) L ver / 2 = 2.07 [kips]  

                CISC

Vertical load impact factor a=      = 1.25   Table

Runway beam + rail selfwei U= U rb + U cr  = 0.138 [kip/ft]  

Max ver. load /wheel (no impact) P max=      = 38.10 [kips / per whe

Max hor. load /wheel P h=      = 2.53 [kips / per whe

                 
 Crane Load for AISC ASD Design        

Bending moment x-x axis M x= M cr-ver x a (impact) + M sw = 472.71 [kip-ft]  

Bending moment y-y axis M y= M cr-hor x P h / P max = 24.29 [kip-ft]  

Shear along y-y axis V y= V cr x a (impact) + V sw = 77.32 [kips]  

                 

Crane Load for AISC LRFD Design        

Wheel load by bridge selfwei P br= W br / (no of wheel * 2 sides) = 14.30 [kips] as de

Wheel load by lift load + trolley P lt= P max - P br = 23.80 [kips] as liv

Max factored ver. load /wheel P v-f= 1.2 x P br + 1.6 x P lt = 55.24 [kips] impa

Max factored hor. load /wheel P h-f= 1.2 x P br + 1.6 x P lt = 4.05 [kips]  

                   

Factor bending moment x-x axis M x= M cr-verx P v-f /P maxx a(impact)+M swx1.2 = 681.50 [kip-ft]  

Factor bending moment y-y axis M y= M cr-hor x P h-f / P max = 38.86 [kip-ft]  

Factor shear along y-y axis V y= V crxP v-f / P maxx a(impact)+V sw x1.2 = 111.58 [kips]  

                   

Max Deflection                  
 

Beam deflection when use beam ver span L ver =30.000 ft,   it will be used in beam ver serviceability check

  when x= 9.000 [ ft ] crane beam gets max deflection due to moving load

Max deflection by moving load - ver D cr-ver=   = 2022.8 / I [in]

Beam deflection when use beam hor span L hor =30.000 ft,   it will be used in beam hor serviceability check

  when x= 9.000 [ ft ] crane beam gets max deflection due to moving load

Max deflection by moving load - hor D cr-hor=   = 2022.8 / I [in]

 
Crane Load Imposed on Building Column for Building Design        

         

Max Support Reaction when x= 18.150 [ ft ] crane beam gets max reaction R cr due to moving loa

          

Vertical Load                 

Reaction On the Side Close to Hook                

Reaction by moving wheel load R cr-c=       = 60.96 [kips]  

Reaction by crane beam self wt R sw= 0.5 (U rb + U cr) (L 1 + L 2) = 4.14 [kips]  

Sum R 1= R cr-c + R sw = 65.10 [kips]  

                  

Reaction On the Side Far to Hook                

Reaction by moving wheel load R cr-f= R cr-c x P min / P max = 25.48 [kips]  

Reaction by crane beam self wt R sw= 0.5 (U rb + U cr) (L 1 + L 2) = 4.14 [kips]  

Sum R 2= R cr-f + R sw = 29.62 [kips]  

                  

Side Thrust Load                 

Side thrust load per wheel H st= side thrust load calc using Option 1 = 2.53 [kip/per wheel

Max static wheel load P max=       = 38.10 [kip/per wheel

Side thrust load  = R cr-c x H st / P max = 4.05 [kips]  

                  

Tractive Load                 

Tractive load per wheel H tr= 0.2 Max wheel load = 7.62 [kip/per wheel

Max static wheel load P max=       = 38.10 [kip/per wheel

Tractive load  = R cr-c x H tr / P max = 12.19 [kips]  

                  

Point Moment to Building Column Center            

  M 1= R 1 x e R = 113.92 [kip-ft]  

  M 2= R 2 x e L = 51.83 [kip-ft]  

                  

Summary of Crane Load Imposed on Building Column    

                  
 29.6 kips

4.0 kips

12.2 kips 51.8 kip-ft

65.1 kips

 
113.9 kip-ft
4.0 kips
12.2 kips

Note:                 
All loads shown above are unfactored static load, dynamic impact factor is not included
The crane loads shown above may be reverse if crane hook goes to the other side. When reverse the loads and apply the
the point moment value may need adjusted if eccentricity e L ≠ e R

                 

Bumper Force at Building End Frame               AISC

Bumper force to be the greater of 1. Twice the tractive force = 30.48 [kips] secti

  2. 10% of entire crane weight = 5.39 [kips]  

Bumper force used for design          = 30.48 [kips]  

User shall apply longitudinal bumper force to both sides of building end frame  

                  
 30.5 kips

30.5 kips

Note:                 
All loads shown above are unfactored static load, dynamic impact factor is not included