doi:10.3850/978-981-08-9247-0_rp004-icsas11


Strength Design of Curved Crane Monorail Beams


M. A. Bradford

Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety, The University of New South Wales, UNSW, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

ABSTRACT

This paper addresses the design of steel curved monorail beams to the strength limit state. Curved beams resist transverse loading by a combination of bending and torsion actions, and the deflections, twist rotation and internal actions are coupled, resulting in geometric non-linearity. As a result, the analysis of curved beams is difficult, and little guidance is given in design codes of practice. Based on parametric studies, a rational design formula is proposed for the strength of curved monorail beams, which can be used in design to a number of national steel standards.


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