DESIGN OF TAIL LUGS BASERING （尾部设计凸耳和下贱的）.pdf

MAXIMUM REACH ENTERPRISES 1853 Wellington Court Henderson, NV 89014 Ph: 702 547 1564 kent.goodman @ 24 February 2013 DESIGN OF TAIL LUGS BASERING REINFORCEMENT FOR VERTICAL VESSELS Traditionally Fluor and most USA EPC contractors designed top head lugs for lifting vertical vessels and used slings to tail them, where most European contractors used trunnions to lift with and lugs to tail with. A lot of USA contractors are following the European method even though it always costs more. In most cases, they use the word SAFETY to justify this added expense. Top head lugs are easier to design, analyze the local shell stresses, fabricate and install than trunnions. And they are safer as the slings can’t jump off. If the weld size required to connect them to the top of the vessel is equal to or less than the thickness of the shell at the top tangent line, then they will not overstress the shell during lifting. So, no complicated analysis of the local shell stresses is required. In designing trunnions, on the other, the shell stresses must be analyzed very carefully. It is sort of like designing and installing trunnions on the side of an empty Pepsi can. The only real advantage of using trunnions is when the vessel is long and lifting with top head lugs would cause buckling in the vessel shell. So trunnions located down on the shell solve this problem very well. Slings, if used correctly are cheaper to procure/install and are as safe to use as designing and using tail lugs. The reason for this is that if slings