Lifting Lug Calculator

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Doc no- FEWA 04EW/10 Rev no 0

RO DESALINATION PLANT AT AL ZAWRAH,


Prestige Engineering Project- AJMAN Date 11/7/2012
Title LIFTING LUG CALCULATIONS Qty 2
Tag no Pg 1

LIFTING CALCULATIONS
Erection Weight,P-Kg 7000 68600 (N)
Impact factor,F 2
No of Lugs 4
Lug dimensions
Angle of lift, degrees 0
h= 120 mm a= 240 mm
b= 240 mm f= 120 mm
d= 80 mm t= 14 mm

Pad Dimensions
Length l= 280 mm thickness t1= 14 mm
Width w= 100 mm

Forces

Lifting force,Pv=(P/no of lugs*)F 34300 N

Circum force,PC =Pv*tan(angle) 0N


Actual sling force,
Pr=Pv/cos(angle) 34300 N

Transverse load Pt= 15% of Pr 5145 N

material SA 516 Gr.70


yield stress 262 N/mm^2

Allowable Stresses
Tensile Stress,St=2/3*Ys 175 N/mm^2
shear Stress,Ss=0.4Ys 104.8 N/mm^2
Bearing Stress, Se=0.8*s 209.6 N/mm^2
Combined Stress, Sc= 0.66*Ys 172.92 N/mm^2
Doc no- FEWA 04EW/10 Rev no 0

RO DESALINATION PLANT AT AL ZAWRAH,


Project- AJMAN Date 11/7/2012
Title LIFTING LUG CALCULATIONS Qty 2
Prestige Engineering Tag no 0 Pg 2

Induced Stress

Tensile stress Pv/(t*(b-d)) 15.3125 N/mm^2 <St, hence safe


Pv/(2*T(f-
Shear Stress (d/2)) 0 N/mm^2 <Ss, hence safe

Bearing Stress Pv/(d*t) 30.625 N/mm^2 <Se, hence safe


Bending stress due to M/Z=Pc*h/
circumferential forces Bc (t*a^2/6) 0 N/mm^2
Bending stress due to transverse M/Z=Pt*h/
force Bt (a*t^2/6) 78.75 N/mm^2
Total bending stress B Bc + Bt 78.75 N/mm^2

Tensile
stress+Total
bending
Combined stress stress 94.0625 N/mm^2 <Sc, hence safe

Strength of Weld( lifting lug to PAD)

Fillet leg size Wfp1= 14 mm

Fillet weld throat,L1= 9.898 mm the fillet weld throat is safe


Total Weld Length(Wl1) 508 mm
Linear sect.Mod(Z)=2*a^2/6) 19200 mm^2

Unit forces due to circumferential forces


Bending(f1)=Pc*h/z 0 N/mm
Shear(f2)=Pc/Wl1 0 N/mm

Unit forces due to transverse force


Shear (f3)= Pt/Wl1 10.127953 N/mm

Unit forces due to tensile force


Shear (f4)= Pv/Wl1 67.519685 N/mm

Required weld size due to combined load


f= sqrt((f1+f2)^2 +f3^2+f4^2) 68.275056 N/mm
Weld efficency, E = 0.55
Weld strength(55% of 0.9Sy) 129.69 N/mm^2
fw=Sw*E 71.3295 N/mm^2
Requires throat size (WFc)=f/fw 0.9571784

The provided weld throat size is safe since it is greater than the required fillet size
Doc no- FEWA 04EW/10 Rev no 0
RO DESALINATION PLANT AT AL ZAWRAH,
Prestige Engineering Project- AJMAN Date 11/7/2012
Title LIFTING LUG CALCULATIONS Qty 2
Tag no 0 Pg 3

Strength of Weld( Pad to shell/head)


Fillet leg size Wfp2 14 mm
fillet weld Throat L2 9.898 mm the fillet weld throat is safe
Total Weld length WL2 760 mm
linear Sect. Mod.(Z)=2*l^2/6 26133.333 mm^2

Unit Forces Due to Longitudinal Forces


Bending(f1) = Pc*(h+t1)/Z 0 N/mm
Shear (f2) = Pc/WL2 0 N/mm

Unit Forces Due to Transverse Force


Shear (f3) = Pt/Wl2 6.7697368 N/mm

Required Weld size due to to combined load

f=sqrt(f1+f2)^2+f3^2]= 6.7697368 N/mm

Weld Efficiency= 0.55


Weld Strength(55% of 0.9Sy)= 129.69

fw=Sw.E 71.3295
Required Throat Size (WFc) =f/fw= 0.094908

The provided weld throat size is safe since it is greater than the required fillet size

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