Investigation of innovative steel runway beam in industrial building

The design of a runway beam for overhead cranes is of great importance when constructing steel structures, as is the lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) value obtained for I-beam sections. Therefore, engineers must always consider the optimal design of these beams under overhead cranes loads. In this s...

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Published in:Sadhana (Bangalore) 2015-10, Vol.40 (7), p.2239-2251
Main Authors: MAALI, MAHYAR, AYDIN, ABDULKADIR CÜNEYT, SAĞIROĞLU, MERVE
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Beams (structural)
Cranes
Design analysis
Design engineering
Engineering
Finite element method
Industrial buildings
Runway beams
Runways
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Summary:The design of a runway beam for overhead cranes is of great importance when constructing steel structures, as is the lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) value obtained for I-beam sections. Therefore, engineers must always consider the optimal design of these beams under overhead cranes loads. In this study, runway beams of three overhead crane groups were analyzed for LTB, and a sinusoidal runway beam body was developed. These runway beams with different sinusoidal angles were analyzed by using the finite element method (ABAQUS) and compared to each other and other runway IPE-IPN beam sections; furthermore, all models were compared with the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction standard. As a result, a new method was proposed for developing sinusoidal runway beams for overhead cranes. The sinusoidal runway beam has lower weight than runway IPE-IPN beam sections. Ultimately, a sinusoidal beam body was developed practically with a scale of 1:1.
ISSN:0256-2499
0973-7677
DOI:10.1007/s12046-015-0406-2