MONORAIL STOPPER DESIGN for 73-MY-4412

INPUT DATA
a) MONORAIL TROLLEY
Capacity of monorail, PP 1.908 tonne
Monorail Wheel Height, hwheel 68 mm (to be verified)
10 % of (PP) is considered for stoper design
5 % of (PP) 0.94 kN (For one stoper)
Actual force, Pwheel, 0.94 kN
Distance from web, Y1 96 mm
Distance from bottom flange, Y2 34 mm

b) SECTION PROPERTIES
L - Angle Leg, L1 90 mm
L-Angle Leg, L2 150 mm
L-Angle Thickness, t 9 mm
Length, h 150 mm
Yield Strength, fy 355 MPa
L-Angle edge from Bottom of flange , Y3 20 mm

c) MONORAIL BEAM
Monorail Beam height 200 mm
Monorail Beam Width 200 mm
Monorail Beam Web tickness 8 mm
Monorail Beam Flange thickness 12 mm
Yield Strength, fy 355 MPa

d) STIFFENER PLATE
Plate thickness, tstiff 8 mm
Height of stiffener, hstiff 141 mm
Width of stiffener, bstiff 80 mm
Extension, d1 15 mm
Extension, d2 15 mm
Gap, x 15 mm
Length, d3 39.89 mm
Yield Strength, fy 355 MPa

e) BOLT PROPERTIES
Bolt Material, A325
Bolts Thread Inclusion (Conservative) Included
Bolt Diameter, M16 16 mm
Allowable Shear , Table J3.2 17 ksi
Allowable Tension , Table J3.3 44 ksi
Specified minimum tensile strength of connected
part 470 MPa
Edge Distance e1 50 mm
Pitch, p1 40 mm
Pitch, p2 70 mm
No. of Bolts, nb 2
End distance from edge beam, X1 110 mm

CALCULATION

a) CHECKING SECTION
Shear force, Fshear 0.94 kN
Moment, Mmo Pwheel * Y1 0.09 kNm
Shear area at section B, Ashear_B d3*tstiff +t*t 721.00 mm2
Shear stress at section B Fshear / Ashear_B 1.30 MPa
Allowable shear stress 0.4 Fy 142 MPa
UC 0.01 OK!
At Section A
Shear area, Ashear bstiff*tstiff + t*L1 1450.00 mm2
Effective moment area, Amoment h*t + bstiff*tstiff 1990.00 mm2
Moment of inertia of T (moment section), Iy (tstiff*b stiff
3
/12)+(h*t )/12
3
350445.83 mm4
Centroid of T (moment section), yc (tstiff * bstiff *(bstiff/2)+h*t*(bstiff + t/2))/(tstiff*bstiff+h*t) 70.19 mm
Section modulus, Z Iy / yc 4992.93 mm3
Maximum Shear Stress Fshear / Ashear 0.65 MPa
Allowable shear stress 0.4 Fy 142 MPa
UC 0.00 OK!
Maximum Bending Stress Mmo / Z 17.99 MPa
Allowable bending stress 0.6 Fy 213.00 MPa
UC 0.08 OK!
b) CHECKING BOLT
Length, a a = Y2 - Y3 14.00 mm
Length, b b=h-a 136.00 mm
Max. tension force on single bolt FT = Pwheel * Y1/ e1 1.80 kN
Reaction on bolt A [(Pwheel * (a - p1 )]/ p2 -0.35 kN
Reaction on bolt B Pwheel - RA 1.28 kN
Max. shear force on single bolt Fvbolt 1.28 kN
Bearing force on each bolt Fbbolt 1.28 kN
Area of bolt, Abolt π(do/2)2 201.06 mm2

Shear Check of Single Bolt

Allowable shear, Fv,allow Table J3.2 117.21 MPa
Shear capacity Fvallow * Abolt 23.57 kN
UC 0.05 OK!

Tension Check of Single Bolt

Allowable tension, Ft Table J3.2 303.37 MPa
Tensile capacity Ft * Abolt 61.00 kN
UC 0.02 OK!
Tensile stress ft = FT / Abolt 8.94 MPa
UC 0.03 OK!
Shear stress fv = Fvbolt / Abolt 6.38 MPa
UC 0.05 OK!
Max. combined tensile stress ft / 2 + [(ft / 2)2 + fv 2 ]1/2 12.26 MPa
UC 0.04 OK!
Max. combined shear stress [(ft / 2)2 + fv 2 ]1/2 5.49 MPa
UC 0.05 OK!
c) CONNECTING PLATE

Shear check for connecting plate

Minimum thickness of connected plates tw 7.00 mm
Plate width, x (X1 - Фhole / 2) 101.00 mm
Effective shear area, Aeff x * tw * 2 1414.00 mm2
Allowable shear force, Ps 0.4 Fy * Aeff 200.79 kN
UC 0.00 OK!
Thickness of L - angle t 7.00 mm
Plate width, x (X1 - e1 - Фhole / 2) 52.00 mm
Effective shear area, Aeff x * tw * 2 728.00 mm2
Allowable shear force, Ps 0.4 Fy * Aeff 103.38 kN
UC 0.01 OK!
Bearing Check at Hole
Minimum thickness of connected plates tw 7.00 mm
Bearing stress on each bolt Fbbolt / (do*tw) 11.46 MPa
Allowable bearing stress, f,p,bearing 1.2 Fu 564.00
UC 0.02 OK!
Horizontal Edge Distance
Minimum distance in reactive direction Iv = 2*Pwheel/(Fu * t) 0.57 mm
Or minimum distance from table J3.5 28.60 mm
Maximum edge distance 12* thickness or 6 in 84.00 mm

Vertical edge distance

Minimum edge distance from Table J3.5 28.60 mm
Maximum edge distance 12* thickness or 6 in 84.00 mm

Minimum spacing J3.8

Standard holes s = (2*Pwheel/(Fu*t) )+ do / 2 35.88
Distance between centres of standard holes >2 2/3 * do 42.67 mm

d) CHECKING WELD
Weld between stiffener plate and angle leg (75 mm)

Plate thickness, tstiff 8 mm

L-Angle Thickness, t 7 mm
Min. Size of fillet weld 4.9 mm
Assumed weld size , w 5 mm
Length of weld, l1 90 mm
Shear force, Fshear 0.94 kN
Moment, Mmo 0.09 kNm
Parallel shear stress, τpar =
(Fshear)/(2*w*0.707*l1) 1.47 MPa

Parallel shear stress, τperp =

(Mmo)/(2*(1/6)*w*l12)) 6.66 MPa
Combimed shear stress, τ = sqrt(τpar + τperp )
2 2
6.82 MPa
Allowable shear stress τall = 0.4*Fy 142 MPa
UC 0.05 OK!
Weld between stiffener plate and angle leg (100 mm)

Plate thickness, tstiff 8 mm

L-Angle thickness, t 7 mm
Min. size of fillet weld 4.9 mm
Assumed weld size , w 5 mm
Length of weld, l2 150 mm
Shear force, Fshear 0.94 kN
Moment, Mmo 0.09 kNm
Perpendicularshear stress, τperp1 =
(Fshear*0.707)/(2*w*0.707*l2) 0.62 MPa

Perpendicular shear stress, τperp2 =

(Mmo)/(2*(1/6)*w*l22)) 2.40 MPa
Combimed shear stress, τ = (τperp1 + τperp2) 3.02 MPa
Allowable shear stress, τall = 0.4*Fy 142 MPa
UC 0.02 OK!