0027-nd rev 11.2 8-jul-16 guidelines for marine lifting and lowering operations
B.1. 2-HOOK LIFT FACTORS AND DERIVATION OF LIFT POINT LOADS B.1.1
Section 5.4 presents the requirements for the derivation of the tilt effect for 2-hook lifts. This section of
the appendix gives guidance on the derivation of the effect of tilt and the lift point reactions.
B.1.2
For a CoG envelope located below both lift points, the arrangement is as shown in Figure 19B-1.
The effect of tilt is derived from the following formulae where W is the weight of the structure:
For Crane #1, total load to lift points 1 and 4 = [(b+z)*sinα + (d+x)*cosα] * W
[L*cosα + (b-a)*sinα]
For Crane #2, total load to lift points 2 and 3 = [(a+z)*sinα + (c+x)*cosα] * W
[L*cosα - (b-a)*sinα]
The value for the angle used is to be in accordance with the requirements of section 5.4 and is
dependent on the cranes used in the lifting operation e.g. for a lift with cranes on the same vessel, the
tilt is the most onerous of a tilt of 3° or a hook elevation difference of ±1.0m (see Section 5.4.2). In this
case, the angle used is the highest of 3° or sin
-1
(1.0/L) where L is the distance between the cranes
(see Figure 19B-1).
As an example, assume the cranes are on the same vessel (and Section 5.4.2 applies) with the
following values (see Figure 19B-1):
Crane spacing, L,
=
25.0m
CoG from crane #1, c
=
12.0m
CoG from crane #2, d
=
13.0m
CoG from lift points 1 and 4, a,
=
10.0m
CoG from lift points 2 and 3, b,
=
14.0m
CoG envelope size, x, horizontal
=
0.9m
CoG envelope size, z, vertical
=
0.8m
Tilt due to hook elevation difference of 1.0m
=
sin
-1
(1.0/25)
=
2.29° < 3.0°
Hence 3° tilt requirement governs (note, for a hook spacing, L, of less than 19.1m, the tilt angle from a
1m hook elevation difference will be more than 3° and so the hook elevation will always govern for the
requirements of Section 5.4.2 when L < 19.1m).
Hence:
For Crane #1, total load to lift points 1 and 4 = [(14+0.8)*sin3] + [(13+0.9)*cos3] * W = 0.582 * W
[25*cos3 + (14-10)*sin 3]
For Crane #2, total load to lift points 2 and 3 = [(10+0.8)*sin3] + [(12+0.9)*cos3] * W = 0.543 * W
[25*cos3] - [(14-10)*sin3]
Note, without the tilt consideration, the load to lift points 1 and 4 would have been 0.556 * W and for lift
points 2 and 3 the load would have been 0.516 * W hence the factor increases caused by the tilt effect
are 1.046 and 1.0527 respectively.
B.1.3
For CoG locations other than discussed in B.1.2, the effect of the CoG envelope should be considered
by a similar method ensuring that the module rotation and location on the CoG envelope provide the
most onerous increase to the lift point loads.
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