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About this publication
Preface
1 Scope and general
1.1 Scope and application
1.1.1 Scope
1.1.2 Application
1.2 Normative references
1.3 Terms and definitions
1.4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
1.5 Use of alternative materials or methods of design or construction
2 Materials
2.1 Yield stress and tensile strength
2.2 Acceptance of steel
2.3 Unidentified steel
2.4 Welds and weld categories
2.5 Lamellar inclusions
3 Classification of runway girders and monorail beams
3.1 Scope of section
3.2 Classification of crane runways and monorail beams
3.3 Utilization class
3.4 Local utilization class
4 Loads and load combinations
4.1 Scope of section
4.2 Categorization of loads
4.3 Determination of loads
4.4 Load combinations
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Two or more cranes on the same runway
4.4.3 Multiple bays
4.4.4 Application of load combinations
5 Design of runway girders and monorail beams
5.1 General
5.2 Forms of construction
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Simply supported girders
5.2.3 Continuous girders
5.2.4 Cantilevered girders
5.2.5 Coped girders
5.2.6 Runway span
5.3 Application of crane loads
5.3.1 Placing the wheel train
5.3.2 Point of application of loads
5.3.3 Torsion
5.4 Methods of analysis
5.5 Design for strength adequacy
5.6 Method of design
5.6.1 General
5.6.2 Design considerations
5.6.3 Flexural-torsional buckling capacity
5.7 Detail design of girder webs and flanges
5.7.1 General
5.7.2 Top flange
5.7.2.1 General
5.7.2.2 Local transverse bending of the compression flange
5.7.3 Girder web and stiffeners
5.7.3.1 General
5.7.3.2 Shear and bending moment interaction
5.7.3.3 Vertical loads on web
5.7.3.4 Local torsion
5.7.3.5 Web buckling under vertical loads
5.8 Girder vertical and lateral supports
5.9 Box girders and compound girders
5.9.1 Box girders
5.9.2 Compound girders
5.10 Latticed runway girders
5.11 End stops
5.12 Monorail beams
5.12.1 Types of monorail beams
5.12.2 Global design
5.12.3 Design of local elements
5.12.3.1 Flange thickness
5.12.3.2 Bottom flange width
5.12.3.3 Web thickness of single-web beam
5.12.3.4 Bottom flange bearing stresses due to wheel loads
5.12.4 Monorail beam supports
5.12.5 Curved monorail beams
5.12.6 Marking
5.13 Serviceability
5.13.1 Serviceability objectives
5.13.2 Serviceability criteria for runway girders and monorail beams
5.13.3 Serviceability criteria for supporting structures
5.13.3.1 Scope
5.13.3.2 Loads and load combinations
5.13.3.3 Alternative methods
5.13.3.4 Simple analysis for lateral deflections
5.13.3.5 Detailed analysis for lateral deflections
5.13.3.6 Serviceability criteria for vertical settlement
5.14 Modifications
6 Fatigue life
6.1 General
6.2 Fatigue life
6.2.1 General
6.2.2 Permissible stress design
6.2.3 Limit states design
6.3 Method
6.4 Latticed structures
6.5 Local areas
7 Crane rail and rail accessories
8 Fabrication and erection
8.1 General
8.2 Tolerances
8.3 Cambering
9 Inspection and maintenance
9.1 General
9.2 Scope of inspection
9.3 Frequency of inspections
9.4 Repairs
Appendix A
Appendix B
B.1 General
B.2 Skewing (oblique travel) loads
B.3 Acceleration
B.4 In-service wind
B.5 Forces on end stops
Appendix C
C.1 Torsion induced by crane loads
C.1.1 Consideration of torsion
C.1.2 Alternatives for analysis of torsion
C.1.3 Finite element method
C.1.4 Simplified twin-beam method procedure
C.1.5 Rigorous elastic torsional analysis
C.2 Flexural-torsional buckling design procedures
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