PROJECT

SECTION

welded lifting lug

DATE

FILE welded_connection_1.xls

TIME

TITLE

1
03/22/16
7:49 AM

DESCRIPTION

Note: The lifting lug shown above is used in lifting pipes for placement in the shaft of the water filtration plant.
Pipe wall thicknesses vary between 32 mm and 12 mm with variation in pipe weights. For this application it will be assumed that
the maximum force is as shown above and acts on the maximum pipe wall thickness.
INPUT
performance factor
load factor
weld size ( leg )
lug thickness
lug length
wall thickness
applied force
ultimate plate strength
ultimate electrode strength
angle of axis force/weld line

phiw =
lf
=
ws
=
tlug =
llength =
twall =
Vf
=
Fu
=
Xu
=
theta =

CALCULATIONS
min. plate thickness
cross section plate
weld length
cross section weld
shear resistance base metal
shear resistance weld
resulting shear resistance

t
=
Am
=
wlengt =
Aw
=
Vrfb =
Vrfw =
Vrf
=

design efficiency (<1 = o.k.) de

0.67
1.4
10
25
300
32
212
0.45
0.48
45

MIN(tlug,twall)
=
t*wlength
=
llength*2
=
ws*wlength
=
0.67*phiw*Am*Fu
=
0.67*phiw*Aw*Xu*(1+.5*SIN(RADIANS(=
MIN(Vrfb,Vrfw)
=

= Vrf/(Vf*lf)

25
15000
600
6000
3030.1
1521.4
1521.4
5.1

mm
mm
mm
mm
kN
kN/mm2
kN/mm2
degree

mm
mm2
mm
mm2
kN
kN
kN

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