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Fork Lift Ramp

A. Basic Assumptions:

Weight of Fork Lift = 1.5 Ton (Assume)

14.72 kN
3.306 kip
Capacity of Fork Lift= 4.5 Ton
44.15 kN
9.918 kip
Wheel Load = 1.5 Ton
14.72 kN
3.306 kip

Fy= 50 ksi (Hot Rolled IPE Section) Propertiies of IPE 300:

34.5 kN/cm2
Fy= 50 ksi (Steel Plate) tw= 7.1 mm
34.5 kN/cm2 0.280 in
Fy= 50 ksi (Cheq Plate) tf= 10.7 mm
34.5 kN/cm2 0.421 in

B. Required Plate Thikness (Acting as Flange for cut IPE 300)

P= 14.72 kN (Wheel load applied at the edge of the plate. The plate acting as flange of the cut IPE 300)
x1= 66.45 mm (Moment arm=(plate width-IPE web thk-twice weld size)/2)
6.645 cm (Plate width=150mm, weld size=5mm)
M= 97.78 kN-cm

tp= 1.46 cm (6*M/(Fb*B))^0.5

say 15 mm
0.591 in

B= 13.29 cm (B=2*x1,45 degree projection to point of maximum moment)

Fb= 20.7 kN/cm2 (0.6*Fy)

C. Required Cheq Plate Thkness

(Assume the plate is simply supported at plate edge. Distance between edges=725-150 which is 575mm)
(Max Moment occurs when a wheel is at the center)

P= 14.72 kN
L= 575 mm
57.5 cm
M= 105.8 kN-cm (P*L/8)

tp= 0.73 cm (6*M/(Fb*B))^0.5

say 8 mm

(B=2*x2,45 degree projection to point of maximum moment)

B= 57.5 cm (0.6*Fy)
Fb= 20.7 kN/cm2
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Fork Lift Ramp

D. Check the adequacy of IPE 300

D.1 IPE 300 LOCAL WEB YIELDING

Rn/Ω= 34.85 kip (5k+N)*Fy*tw Eq J10-2 ,AISC 2005)

IPE 300 Web thkness is safe for local web yielding
Ω= 1.50
tw= 0.280 in IPE 300 web thkness
k= 0.748 in dist from outside face of outside plate to the web weld(Plate thk=15mm, weld=5mm)
N= 0.00 in Assume point application for wheel load
Fyw= 50.0 ksi

D.2. IPE 300 WEB CRIPPLING

Rn/Ω= 54.7 kip (0.8*tw^2*(1+3(N/d)(tw/tf)^1.5))(E*Fyw*tf/tw)^0.5 Eq J10-4 ,AISC 2005)

IPE 300 Web thkness is safe for web crippling
Ω= 2.00
N= 0.000 in Assume point application for wheel load
Fyw= 50 ksi
tf= 0.5906 in Plate thkness(Plate is acting as a flange for the cut portion of IPE300)
tw= 0.2795 in IPE 300 web thkness
E= 29000 ksi
d= 11.81 in depth of member

D.3. COMPRESSION BUCKLING OF IPE 300 WEB

Pfc= 3.306 kip Required Compressive force

Rn/Ω= 34.5 kip (24*tw^3*(E*Fyw)^0.5/h Eq J10-8 ,AISC 2005)

IPE 300 Web thkness is adequate to resist the Compressive force
Ω= 1.67
h= 10.969 in
tw= 0.2795 in
E= 29000 ksi
Fyw= 50.0 ksi

E. Size of Stiffener

ts= 8 mm (Assume)
0.315 in

The stiffener capacity will be checked with a full section as per Section J10.8 of ASCE 7-05.

ws= 70 mm (width of one stiffener approx. equal to (150-7.1)/2)

Lw= 177.5 mm (Lw=25*tw, as per Section J10.8 of ASCE 7-05)
(Lw=25*7.1=177.5mm)

A 2380 mm2 (Lw*tw+2*ws*ts)

23.8 cm2

Ix= 183.5 cm4

k= 0.75
L= 28 cm (from sketch)
r= 2.78 cm (I/A)^0.5
kL/r= 7.564
Fa= 20.32 kN/cm2 (Allowable compreesive stress)

Ps= 483.7 kN (Stiffener compressive capacity)

(The stiffener is designed as column based on Section J10.8 of ASCE 7-05)
Stiffener size of 8mm is adequate