Consider Rail Section
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In CRANEWAY, the action of a rail as "statically effective" or "statically ineffective" is defined under "Rail‑Flange Connection" in the Details dialog box. This setting controls the calculation of the load introduction length according to EN 1993‑6, Tab. 5.1.
However, the selection is irrespective of the "Consider rail section for the cross‑section properties" option in Window 1.3. If the cross-section values including rails are determined, this has an effect on the internal forces and deformations.
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Dipl.-Ing. (FH) René Flori
Head of Customer Support
Mr. Flori is the customer support team leader and also provides technical support for customers of Dlubal Software.
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Length of wheel load distribution Buckling design for web Crane runway rail Fastening
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When using interrupted welds between the rail and flange, make sure that the applied weld length does not exceed the length of the rigid load application of the wheel load according to Equation 6.1 in [1].

- Craneway and weld stress analysis
- Craneways and weld fatigue design
- Deformation analysis
- Plate buckling analysis for wheel load introduction
- Stability analysis for lateral torsional buckling according to the second-order analysis of torsional buckling (1D FEA element)
For the design according to Eurocode 3, the following National Annexes are available:
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DIN EN 1993-6/NA:2010-12 (Germany)
NBN EN 1993-6/ANB:2011-03 (Belgium)
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SFS EN 1993-6/NA:2010-03 (Finland)
NF EN 1993-6/NA:2011-12 (France)
UNI EN 1993-6/NA:2011-02 (Italy)
LST EN 1993-6/NA:2010-12 (Lithuania)
NEN EN 1993-6/NB:2012-05 (The Netherlands)
NS EN 1993-6/NA:2010-01 (Norway)
SS EN 1993-6/NA:2011-04 (Sweden)
CSN EN 1993-6/NA:2010-03 (Czech Republic)
BS EN 1993-6/NA:2009-11 (United Kingdom)
CYS EN 1993-6/NA:2009-03 (Cyprus)
In addition to the National Annexes (NA) listed above, you can also define a specific NA, applying user-defined limit values and parameters.
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