Cranes and Derricks / Edition 3

by Howard Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, Lawrence K. Shapiro

Overview

Everything you need to know about using cranes and derricks

If you employ cranes, trust one rock-solid reference to provide tried-and-tested guidelines for selecting and working with them safely and efficiently. Nothing available covers the subject with the depth and expertise you'll find in Cranes and Derricks. The authors - Howard I.

Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, and Lawrence K. Shapiro, are the principals of an international firm that's helped define the state-of-the-art in crane and derrick engineering.

This new third edition addresses...

*the latest innovations and technologies, including new telescopic crane attachments and heavy-lift mobile crane arrangements - both telescopic and lattice boom - and newly-permitted partial outrigger extensions

*a solution to the problem of crane stability under dynamic loading

*crane support considerations, pick-and-carry work, tailing operations, site access and other site issues

*new information on safety and accident avoidance and risk management

*and much, much more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780070578890
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	07/27/1999
Series:	McGraw-Hill Professional Engineering Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	576
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.49(d)

About the Author

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition		ix	(4)
Preface to the Second Edition		xiii	(2)
Preface to the First Edition		xv
Chapter 1. Basic Concepts and Components		1	(48)
1.1 Introduction		2	(3)
The Old Versus the New		3	(2)
1.2 The Basic Hoisting Mechanism		5	(5)
1.3 Drums, Hoists, and Sheaves		10	(12)
Hoist Drums		12	(2)
Fleet Angle		14	(1)
Drum Capacity		15	(2)
Line Pull		17	(1)
Sheaves and Blocks		18	(4)
1.4 Wire Rope and Fittings		22	(5)
Working Loads		26	(1)
Fittings		27	(1)
1.5 The Basic Luffing Mechanism		27	(9)
1.6 The Basic Derrick		36	(8)
Lateral Motions		39	(1)
Recognizing Critical Conditions		39	(1)
Resolving Forces		40	(4)
1.7 Basis for Load Ratings		44	(5)
Limitations		44	(2)
Stability Against Overturning		46	(3)
Chapter 2. Crane and Derrick Configurations		49	(68)
2.1 Introduction		49	(1)
2.2 Derricks		50	(15)
Chicago Boom Derrick		50	(3)
Guy Derrick		53	(2)
Gin Pole Derrick		55	(2)
Stiffleg Derrick		57	(3)
Other Derrick Forms		60	(5)
2.3 Mobile Cranes		65	(24)
Crawler, Truck, All Terrain, and Rough Terrain Carriers		66	(5)
Latticed Boom Cranes		71	(12)
Telescoping Cantilevered Boom Cranes		83	(6)
2.4 Hammerhead and Luffing Jib Tower Cranes		89	(14)
Jib Types		91	(5)
Tower Mountings		96	(7)
2.5 Pedestal-, Portal-, and Tower-Mounted Cranes		103	(1)
2.6 Overhead and Gantry Cranes		104	(2)
2.7 Unconventional Lifting Devices		106	(11)
Jacking Towers		106	(4)
Hydraulic Telescoping Gantries		110	(7)
Chapter 3. Loads and Forces		117	(62)
3.1 Introduction		117	(4)
Design Loading Concepts		119	(1)
Classification of Loads		120	(1)
3.2 Static Loads		121	(5)
Lifted Loads		121	(2)
Dead Loads		123	(1)
Effects of Load Distribution		123	(1)
Friction		124	(1)
Out-of-Level Supports		125	(1)
Misalignment and Skewness		125	(1)
Earthquake		126	(1)
3.3 Dynamic Loads		126	(18)
Linear Motion		127	(13)
Rotational Motion		140	(4)
3.4 Wind Loads		144	(35)
Wind-Velocity Pressure		145	(3)
Wind Pressure on Objects		148	(8)
Storm Winds and Gusts		156	(9)
Statistical Wind Verses Real Wind		165	(1)
Gust Factors		166	(10)
The ASCE 7-95 Wind Load Provisions		176	(1)
Summary of Procedures for Calculating Out-of-Service Wind Forces		177	(2)
Chapter 4. Stability Against Overturning		179	(52)
4.1 Introduction		179	(1)
General Concept of Stability		180	(1)
4.2 Mobile Cranes		180	(22)
Location of Tipping Fulcrum on Outriggers		181	(2)
Extension of Outriggers		183	(3)
Location of Crawler Crane Tipping Fulcrum		186	(3)
Location of Tipping Fulcrum for Mobile Cranes on Tires		189	(1)
Operating Sectors		190	(3)
Effect of Out-of-Level Operation		193	(7)
Special Considerations		200	(1)
Stability-Based Ratings		201	(1)
4.3 Tower Cranes		202	(9)
Elastic Deflections of Tower Cranes		204	(5)
Static-Mounted Cranes		209	(1)
Traveling Bases		210	(1)
4.4 Barge Mounted Cranes		211	(6)
4.5 Other Cranes		217	(1)
4.6 Dynamic Stability		218	(13)
Centrifugal Force		218	(2)
Inertial Forces Affecting Stability		220	(11)
Chapter 5. Mobile-Crane Installations		231	(120)
5.1 Introduction		232	(3)
5 2 Transit to the Site		235	(4)
5.3 Travel on Site		239	(5)
5.4 Lift and Swing Clearances		244	(24)
Lift Clearances		244	(1)
Swing Clearances		245	(9)
Swing Clearance with Jib Mounted		254	(14)
Clearance of Other Crane Appurtenances		268	(1)
5.5 Crane Loads to the Supporting Surface		268	(24)
Truck Cranes		271	(13)
Crawler Cranes		284	(7)
Rough Terrain Cranes		291	(1)
All Terrain Cranes		292	(1)
5.6 Supporting the Crane		292	(25)
Ground Support Capacity		293	(2)
Rough Terrain Cranes		295	(1)
Truck Cranes		296	(5)
Crawler Cranes		301	(4)
Operations Near Cellar Walls		305	(5)
Operations Near Slopes and Retaining Walls		310	(4)
Operations on Structural Decks and Bridges		314	(3)
5.7 Crane Loads		317	(3)
5.8 Positioning the Crane		320	(4)
5.9 Crane Selection		324	(1)
Basic Economic Factors		324	(1)
5.10 Pick and Carry		325	(3)
Wheel Mounted Cranes		326	(1)
Crawler Cranes		326	(2)
5.11 Multiple Crane Lifts		328	(23)
The Absolute Rules		328	(1)
Two-Crane Lifts		329	(8)
Tailing Operations		337	(7)
Three Crane Lifts		344	(4)
Four-Crane Lifts		348	(3)
Chapter 6. Tower Crane Installations		351	(102)
6.1 Introduction		351	(5)
Loads Acting on Tower Cranes		353	(3)
6.2 Selection and Positioning		356	(5)
6.3 Static-Mounted Cranes		361	(27)
Induced Soil Pressures		363	(8)
Mast Anchorage		371	(7)
Ballasted or Knee-Braced Bases		378	(2)
Variations on the Static Mount		380	(3)
Differential Settlements		383	(5)
6.4 Braced and Guyed Towers		388	(28)
Top Climbing		388	(1)
Braced Towers		389	(7)
Guyed Towers		396	(3)
Exact Analysis of a Guyed Mast		399	(9)
Preloading Guys		408	(2)
Rope Parameters		410	(6)
6.5 Internal Climbing Cranes		416	(18)
Vertical Loads		419	(7)
Moments and Horizontal Loads		426	(3)
Climbing Procedures		429	(2)
Supporting Horizontal Loads		431	(3)
6.6 Traveling Cranes		434	(3)
6.7 Erection and Dismantling		437	(13)
Erection		438	(4)
Bolting		442	(3)
Mast Bolts		445	(2)
Dismantling		447	(3)
6.8 Tower Crane Operation		450	(3)
Chapter 7. Derrick Installations		453	(72)
7.1 Introduction		453	(2)
7.2 Chicago Boom Derricks		455	(21)
Torsion		459	(13)
Remedial Measures		472	(2)
Fitting Attachment Bolts		474	(2)
7.3 Guy Derricks		476	(15)
Guying Systems		477	(7)
Footblock Supports		484	(6)
Guy Derrick Adaptations		490	(1)
7.4 Gin Pole Derricks		491	(9)
Tandem Gin Poles		494	(1)
Light-Duty Gin Poles		495	(5)
7.5 Stiff leg Derricks		500	(11)
7.6 Other Derrick Forms and Details		511	(8)
Catheads		516	(2)
Flying Strut		518	(1)
7.7 Derrick Loads		519	(4)
7.8 Winch Installation		523	(2)
Chapter 8. Controlling Risk		525	(62)
8.1 Introduction		525	(1)
8.2 Sources of Risk in Lifting Operations		526	(15)
Pressure from Cost/Time Constraints		529	(2)
Inexperienced Management		531	(1)
Lack of Training/Skill		531	(1)
Inadequate Planning		532	(1)
Unreasonable Demands of Management		533	(1)
Environmental Conditions		534	(2)
Unclear Instructions		536	(1)
Operator Errors		537	(1)
Changed Circumstances		538	(1)
Conclusion		538	(1)
A Convergence of Errors		539	(2)
8.3 Responsibilities		541	(10)
Prospect Management:		541	(1)
Crane Owner/Supplier:		542	(1)
Site Supervision:		543	(2)
Lift Director:		545	(2)
Crane Operator:		547	(2)
Assigning Responsibilities		549	(2)
8.4 Accident Statistics		551	(2)
8.5 Avoiding Accidents		553	(28)
Contact with Power Lines		554	(1)
Reduction of Overturning Accidents		555	(3)
Preventing Overloads		558	(2)
Slewing		560	(1)
Travel		561	(1)
Trapped or Caught Loads		562	(1)
Wind Conditions		562	(7)
Operations on Rubber		569	(1)
Prevention of Boom-Over-Cab Accidents		570	(2)
Avoidance of Rope Failures		572	(2)
Rope Inspection and Discard		574	(1)
Inspection		574	(2)
Rope Replacement		576	(1)
Tower Crane Accidents		577	(1)
Erection, Dismantling, and Climbing Accidents		578	(1)
Other Causes of Accidents		579	(1)
Lifting Personnel with Cranes		580	(1)
8.6 Codes and Standards		581	(2)
8.7 A Rational Means for Controlling Risk		583	(4)
Quantification of Risk Elements		583	(1)
Lifting Contractors		584	(1)
Project Management		585	(1)
Appendix A. Conversions Between U.S. Customery, SI, and other Metric Units		587	(2)
Appendix B. Glossary of Crane and Derrick Terms		589	(12)
Index		601

Editorial Reviews

Revised and updated edition (first was 1980) of a comprehensive survey of the capabilities, advantages, and disadvantages of all types of cranes and derricks. Includes an updated discussion of the safety and liability issues currently confronting the construction industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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