Guy Lug

Developer: Meca Enterprises

Chris Rosencutter
chris@mecaconsulting.com

Description: Design a guy lug which serves as an attachment point from the guy
wire to the stack. The design ensures that the lug itself is sized
properly, as well as distributing the load into the stack shell. The
program also performs dimensional checks to ensure that the
spelter socket will fit on the lug that is designed.

Platform: GuyLug is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. It requires MS Excel

2000 or later to run.

Units: English or Metric

(Click of the button automatically toggles all inputs and results)

Sample Output: The following pages are the output from the GuyLug spreadsheet.

Purchase: You may purchase this program at www.mecaconsulting.com .

 Guy Lug v1-1
English Metric
Customer: ?? Project: ??
Desc.: ?? Engineer: ??

Elev : Guy Wire Attachment Elev on Stack 100.00 ft

DMRad: Deadman Radius (Stack Ctr Line to Work Point) 80.00 ft
DMEl : Deadman Elevation (above Grade) 2.00 ft
Pmax : Maximum Tensile Load in Cable 40.67 Kip
Dia : Cable Diameter 1.0000 in
Type : Type of Cable Struc Strand
OD : Outer Diameter of Riser 24.000 in
ts : Corroded Shell Thickness of Stack 0.250 in
Fy : Yield Stress of Material 36.00 Ksi
A : Dist from Pad Od to Ctr of Hole 5.000 in
B : Radius of Corner 3.000 in
D : Dist from Hole Ctr to Top of Lug 5.000 in
Bt : Thickness of Guy Lug 1.000 in
Hd : Diameter of Hole 2.375 in
Rt : Thickness of Top Stiffening Ring 0.750 in
Rt1 : Thickness of Reinforcement Ring ('0' if none) 1.000 in
rs : Dist from Top of Stiffener to Reinf Ring 1.000 in
Pt : Thickness of Repad ('0' if none) 0.500 in
Pd : Diameter of Repad ('0' if none) 5.500 in

Description SR Result Actual Allowable Units

Plane a-a: Tension 0.16 PASS 3.4 21.6 Ksi
Plane a-a: Shear 0.29 PASS 4.1 14.4 Ksi
Plane b-b: Tension 0.56 PASS 12.0 21.6 Ksi
Plane b-b: Shear 0.22 PASS 3.2 14.4 Ksi
Ring Bending Stress 0.35 PASS 7.6 21.6 Ksi
Pin Bearing Stress 0.25 PASS 9.0 36.0 Ksi
Pin Shear Tearout 0.54 PASS 7.8 14.4 Ksi
Spelter Dimensions Adequate? PASS
b
ts
a `
rs Rt

Rt1
D
Elev Hd Pd
B
Pt
Bt
rs B
A
a
b

Load Components:
Angle Cable Angle to Horizontal 50.95 deg
CA : Cos (ANGLE) 0.630
SA : Sin (ANGLE) 0.777
HL : Horizontal Load (Pmax * CA) 25.62 Kip
HV : Vertical load component 31.58 Kip

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 Guy Lug v1-1
English Metric
Customer: ?? Project: ??
Desc.: ?? Engineer: ??
Stresses on Plane a-a:
Aaa : Area of Section: (A+D-Hd)*Bt 7.6 in^2
ft : Tensile Stress: (HL/Aaa) 3.4 Ksi
Ft : Allowable Tensile Stress: (Fy*0.6) 21.6 Ksi
--> Tensile Stress is Acceptable

fv : Shear Stress: (HV/Aaa) 4.14 Ksi

Fv : Allowable Shear Stress: (Fy * 0.4) 14.40 Ksi
--> Shear Stress is Acceptable

Stresses on Plane b-b:

Sbb : Sec Modulus: (A+D)^2*Bt/6 16.67 in^3
Abb : Area of Section: (A+D)*Bt 10.00 in^2
Mbb : Bending Moment: Hv*(A+D)/2 157.91 Kip-in
ft : Tensile Stress: (Mbb/Sbb + HL/Abb) 12.04 Ksi
Ft : Allowable Tensile Stress: (Fy*0.6) 21.60 Ksi
--> Tensile Stress is Acceptable

fv : Shear Stress: (HV/Aaa) 3.16 Ksi

Fv : Allowable Shear Stress: (Fy * 0.4) 14.40 Ksi
--> Shear Stress is Acceptable

Ring Design:
There are 3 loads equally spaced we multiply the load due to one cable and
apply it at a single point to provide a conservative design.
Mmax : 3*(1.5*HL*(OD/2+(A+B)/2+Rt1)/(2*PI)) 3.1193E+02 Kip-in
Fmax : 3*(-1.5*HL/(2*PI)) -18.3 Kip

Element A Z Z-Zg S*(Z-Zg)^2 Ip

in^2 in in in^4 in^4
1 10.00 0.500 -1.590 2.5281E+01 8.3333E-01
2 6.00 4.750 2.660 4.2454E+01 3.2000E+01
Total 16.00 6.7735E+01 3.2833E+01

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 Guy Lug v1-1
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Ring Properties
Center of Gravity: Zg = 2.09 in
Moment of Inertia: I = 1.0057E+02 in^4
Section Modulus: S = 48.12 in^3
Area: A = 16.00 in^2

fb : Ring Bending Stress: Mmax/S + Fmax/A 7.63 Ksi

Fb : Allowable Bending Stress: (0.6 * Fy) 21.60 Ksi
--> Ring Bending Stress is Acceptable

Check Spelter Socket:

Type: Guy Wire Type Struc Strand
Dia : Guy Wire Diameter 1.000 in
D : Spelter Pin Diameter 2.250 in
Hd : Hole Diameter 2.375 in
--> Spelter Pin will work with this lug

L : Spelter Socket Clearance 4.620 in

B : Radius of corner of Lug 3.000 in
--> The spelter has adequate clearance

Ttot: Total Thickness of Lug (Bt+2*Pt) 2 in

C : Jaw Spacing of Spelter 2.250 in
--> The clearance is adequate
C D

Crosby Spelter Model # G-416

Crosby Part Number 1039753 L

Check Loads on Hole:

fbr: Bearing Stress: (Pmax/(D*(Bt+2*Pt))) 9.04 Ksi
Fbr: Allowable Bearing Stress: Fy 36.00 Ksi
--> The Bearing is acceptable

As : (B-Hd/2)*Bt+(Pd/2-Hd/2)*Pt 2.59 in^2

fs : Shear Tearout: Pmax / (2*As) 7.84 Ksi
Fs : Allowable Shear: 0.4 * Fy 14.40 Ksi
--> The Shear is acceptable

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 Guy Lug v1-1
English Metric
Customer: ?? Project: ??
Desc.: ?? Engineer: ??

ts

a Rt
rs

Rt D

Ele Hd Pd

B
Pt

rs B Bt
A
a

ts : Corroded Shell Thickness of Stack 0.25 in

A : Dist from Pad Od to Ctr of Hole 5 in
B : Radius of Corner 3 in
D : Dist from Hole Ctr to Top of Lug 5 in
Bt : Thickness of Guy Lug 1 in
Hd : Diameter of Hole 2.375 in
Rt : Thickness of Top Stiffening Ring 0.75 in
Rt1 : Thickness of Reinforcement Ring ('0' if none) 1 in
rs : Dist from Top of Stifferner to Reinf Ring 1.000 in
Pt : Thickness of Repad ('0' if none) 0.500 in
Pd : Diameter of Repad ('0' if none) 5.500 in

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