ABSTRACT
The Port Louis Mauritius Cruise Terminal Building Project is a major public transport hub project in Mauritius. To ensure the architectural appearance and interior space of the project, its mechanical and electrical equipment adopts the steel structure hanger suspension design. This paper studies the stress and deformation of the equipment platform using material mechanics and Fite modeling. The results show that: under the gravity load of the equipment platform, the hanger's shaft force is 14.1 kN and the maximum stress ratio is 0.54 < 1.00. The maximum stress ratio of the steel beam is 0.45 < 1.00, and its maximum deformation is 21.91 mm < 30.1 mm. The maximum shear stress of the lower flange plate of the main beam is 5.17 MPa < [τ] = 110.5 MPa, and the maximum positive stress is 100.9 MPa < [σs] = 295 Mpa. So, the bearing capacity of the hanger, steel beam, and main beam meets the requirements. The maximum stress ratio of the equipment platform is 0.45 < 1.00. The bearing capacity of the connection plate weld and connection bolts meets the requirements. The research conclusions provide support for the safe construction of the project equipment platform, and also provide solutions and references for similar projects.
