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This material is copyright - all rights reserved. Reproduced under licence from The <strong>Steel</strong> Construction Institute on 12/2/2007<br />

To buy a hardcopy version of this document call 01344 872775 or go to http://shop.steelbiz.<strong>org</strong>/<br />

<strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Designers</strong>' <strong>Manual</strong> - 6th Edition (2003)<br />

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overhead travelling crane<br />

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crone gkder<br />

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bracing<br />

Fig. 3.2 Cross section through turbine hall<br />

These frequencies of response are compared with the forcing frequency of motion<br />

of the machine, the design being adjusted so that no response frequencies exist in<br />

a band either side of the forcing frequency, to avoid resonance effects.<br />

A complete physical separation is provided between the generator support steelwork<br />

and any adjoining main frame, secondary floor or support steel to isolate vibration<br />

effects. Zones on adjoining suspended floors are set aside for strip-down and<br />

servicing, and specific ‘laydown’ loading rates are allowed in the design of these<br />

areas to cater for heavy point and distributed loads.<br />

3.1.3 Process plant steelwork<br />

Range of structures and scale of construction 97<br />

<strong>Steel</strong>work for process and manufacturing plants varies across a wide spectrum of<br />

different industrial uses. Here it is considered to be steelwork that is intimately con-

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