Timeline for How to calculate the mid-span lifting capability of a single-beam wooden gantry crane?
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 19:06 | history | edited | kamran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
dded a paragraph clarifying the choice of beam.
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 18:33 | comment | added | Wasabi | I'd recommend editing that into the answer. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 18:24 | comment | added | kamran | Lifting and lowering of loads has dynamic unplanned impacts like off-center torque due to the initial dislodging the load off its cart, so the beam has to resist torsional stress. Imagine the load going back and forth in pendulum-like motion in all directions. Best cross sections for torsion are tubular or at least not slender members, more near square cross sections.. | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:42 | comment | added | Wasabi | Can you expand on why a non-slender beam is better in this situation? | |
| Feb 27, 2018 at 16:42 | history | edited | Wasabi | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
formatting
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 2:31 | history | edited | kamran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Added one sentence for clarification.
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| Feb 27, 2018 at 2:03 | history | answered | kamran | CC BY-SA 3.0 |