Gantry Design
Gantry Design
1. Member Properties
Section size UC 305X305X97 kg/mPlate Thick= 0 mm
Beam dept= 307.9 mm Plate Widt = 0 mm
Beam width = 305.3 mm
Top Flange= 15.4 mm Root radius= 15.2 mm
Bottom Fla= 15.4 mm Depth betwe= 246.7 mm
Web thickn= 9.9 mm Section Mo= 478615 mm3
Sectional a= 12147 mm2 Plastic mod= 724491.9 mm3
Moment of=i 2.19E+08 mm4 Plastic mod= 1565265 mm3
Moment of=i 73060576 mm4 Radius of g= 134.2 mm
Section Mo= 1421668 mm3 Radius of g= 77.6 mm
2. Material Properties
Steel grade= E350 (Fe 490)
Design stre= 350 N/mm2 Elastic mo = 200 kN/mm2
Poisson's r= 0.3
3. Section Classification r1 = Fc/(d x= 1
e = [250/fy= 0.845 r2 = Fc/(Ag= 0.26
Outstand element of compression flange, bWeb , Neutral axis at mid Depth, d/tw
Plastic - 7.9 Plastic - 35.5
Compact - 8.9 Compact - 35.5
Semi-comp- 13.3 Semi-comp- 70.5
Actual b/T = 9.9 Actual d/t = 24.9
Flange is semi-compacClass 3 web is plastic. Class 1
4. Applied Forces
Bending m= 15.32 kNm Effective l = 1.7 m
Bending Mo = 33.1 kNm Effective le= 1.7 m
Shear Forc= 67.3 kN LLT = 18.58 m
Axial load = 1086.3 kN
Md > Mz
138.6 > 33.1 OK Mcr = 0.5p27.54E+09
6). Local Capacity Check (as per cl. 9.3.1)
Moment ca= 498 kNm
Moment ca= 183 kNm
Sectional A= 12147 mm2
Ag fy/gm0 = Cross sectional area x Design strength
= 3865 kN
Interaction expressio N/Nd + My/Mdy + Mz / Mdz ≤ 1
= 0.281 0.084 0.066 = 0.43 OK
7). Overall Buckling Check (as per cl. 9.3.2)