Type Of Beams To be Used

Having established that we will use S type steel I beams for our two support beams and the the main boom, I was able to look up on the international I-beam standards so as to select one with the paremeters that we needed. As this is a mobile crane weight of individual beams/components is very important as we want to maintain weights that two people can comfortably carry to and fro the site. Considering the dimensions for our crane base the s5x10 beam standard was the ideal choice and coming in at a mere 13KG per metre, it is quite light. if this passes the stress analysis of being able to take load of upwards 500KG then we will go aheard with this choice. I was able to create this beam to exact industry standards thanks to the 'structural steel' tool on Solidworks and from here an accurate stress anaylsis can be carried out.