Lifting Eyes - AISC
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Description
"Lifting Eyes" is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet which analyzes lifting eyes (pad eyes) per AISC Steel Construction Manual, 13th Edition (ASD) requirements and follows guidelines of API. US units. Lifting eyes are analyzed for:
(a) For tensile rupture on the net effective area
(b) For shear rupture on the effective area
(c) Bearing on the projected area of the pin
(d) Yielding on the gross section
(e) Bending of plate due to horizontal component
(f) Bending of plate due to sideways shear
User inserts loading, lifting eye dimensions, and material properties. Spreadsheet is unprotected and safety factor assumptions can be adjusted.
Calculation Reference
AISC
Steel Design
Structural Steel Design
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14 years ago
Clint, that is a great idea. I have another version of the lifting eye spreadsheet which uses Alex Tomanovich's WELDGRP.xls spreadsheet but did not include it as I wasn't sure if that was allowed. I will look into it. Thank you.
14 years ago
John, thank you for the subscription.
14 years ago
Thanks for your début calculation I have awarded you a free 3 month XLC Pro subscription by way of thanks. Administrator.
[WELDGRP.xls](/404/)
and for metric users
[WELDGRP Metric.xls](/404/)