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NS EN 1993-6 : 2007 + NA 2010

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EUROCODE 3: DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - PART 6: CRANE SUPPORTING STRUCTURES
Published date

12-01-2013

Foreword
1 General
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative references
  1.3 Assumptions
  1.4 Distinction between principles and
      application rules
  1.5 Terms and definitions
  1.6 Symbols
2 Basis of design
  2.1 Requirements
      2.1.1 Basic requirements
      2.1.2 Reliability management
      2.1.3 Design working life, durability and
            robustness
  2.2 Principles of limit state design
  2.3 Basic variables
      2.3.1 Actions and environmental influences
      2.3.2 Material and product properties
  2.4 Verification by the partial factor method
  2.5 Design assisted by testing
  2.6 Clearances to overhead travelling cranes
  2.7 Underslung cranes and hoist blocks
  2.8 Crane tests
3 Materials
  3.1 General
  3.2 Structural steels
      3.2.1 Material properties
      3.2.2 Ductility requirements
      3.2.3 Fracture toughness
      3.2.4 Through thickness properties
      3.2.5 Tolerances
      3.2.6 Design values of material coefficients
  3.3 Stainless steels
  3.4 Fasteners and welds
  3.5 Bearings
  3.6 Other products for crane supporting
      structures
      3.6.1 General
      3.6.2 Rail steels
      3.6.3 Special connecting devices for rails
4 Durability
5 Structural analysis
  5.1 Structural modelling for analysis
      5.1.1 Structural modelling and basic assumptions
      5.1.2 Joint modelling
      5.1.3 Ground structure interaction
  5.2 Global analysis
      5.2.1 Effects of deformed geometry of the
            structure
      5.2.2 Structural stability of frames
  5.3 Imperfections
      5.3.1 Basis
      5.3.2 Imperfections for global analysis of frames
      5.3.3 Imperfections for analysis of bracing systems
      5.3.4 Member imperfections
  5.4 Methods of analysis
      5.4.1 General
      5.4.2 Elastic global analysis
      5.4.3 Plastic global analysis
  5.5 Classification of cross-sections
  5.6 Runway beams
      5.6.1 Effects of crane loads
      5.6.2 Structural system
  5.7 Local stresses in the web due to wheel loads on
      the top flange
      5.7.1 Local vertical compressive stresses
      5.7.2 Local shear stresses
      5.7.3 Local bending stresses in the web due to eccentricity
           of wheel loads
  5.8 Local bending stresses in the bottom flange due to
      wheel loads
  5.9 Secondary moments in triangulated components
6 Ultimate limit states
  6.1 General
  6.2 Resistance of cross-section
  6.3 Buckling resistance of members
      6.3.1 General
      6.3.2 Lateral-torsional buckling
  6.4 Built up compression members
  6.5 Resistance of the web to wheel loads
      6.5.1 General
      6.5.2 Length of stiff bearing
  6.6 Buckling of plates
  6.7 Resistance of bottom flanges to wheel loads
7 Serviceability limit states
  7.1 General
  7.2 Calculation models
  7.3 Limits for deformations and displacements
  7.4 Limitation of web breathing
  7.5 Reversible behaviour
  7.6 Vibration of the bottom flange
8 Fasteners, welds, surge connectors and rails
  8.1 Connections using bolts, rivets or pins
  8.2 Welded connections
  8.3 Surge connectors
  8.4 Crane rails
      8.4.1 Rail material
      8.4.2 Design working life
      8.4.3 Rail selection
  8.5 Rail fixings
      8.5.1 General
      8.5.2 Rigid fixings
      8.5.3 Independent fixings
  8.6 Rail joints
9 Fatigue assessment
  9.1 Requirement for fatigue assessment
  9.2 Partial factors for fatigue
  9.3 Fatigue stress spectra
      9.3.1 General
      9.3.2 Simplified approach
      9.3.3 Local stresses due to wheel loads on the top flange
      9.3.4 Local stresses due to underslung trolleys
  9.4 Fatigue assessment
      9.4.1 General
      9.4.2 Multiple crane actions
  9.5 Fatigue strength
Annex A [informative] - Alternative assessment method
        for lateral-torsional buckling

Specifies varied general rules and additional detailed rules for the structural design of steel supporting structures including runway beams for overhead travelling cranes and underslung cranes and monorail runway beams for hoist blocks for locations inside and outside buildings.

DevelopmentNote
2007 Edition Re-Issued in January 2010 & incorporates NA 2010. Corrigendum to 2007 Edition issued on 01/10/2009 is still active. (01/2010) Supersedes NS 3472. (04/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Norwegian Standards (Norges Standardiseringsforbund)
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
I.S. EN 1993-6:2007 Identical
EN 1993-6:2007/AC:2009 Identical
DIN EN 1993-6:2010-12 Identical
BS EN 1993-6:2007 Identical
UNI EN 1993-6 : 2007 Identical

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