Column Base Worked Example

Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"

2 x 4 M 30 L1
Mmax = 600 kNm 75
Pmax = 400 kN 150
Pmin = 300 kN bp 150
V = 75 kN 150
hp = 775 mm 75
bp = 480 mm
fcu = 40 MPa 75 450
L1 = 90 mm
sw = 10 mm hp
h = 700 mm
e = 82 mm
py = 325 N/mm
L anchor = 450 mm
I Moment plus maximum axial force
Check whether there is tension in bolts
First suppose there is no tension in the bolts
b= M/N
1500 mm
Distance to edge of compressive stress block
X/2 = -1112.5 mm
Compression = -41,385 kN
tension in bolts
C = 400 kN
Required design stress = 0.555556 N/mm
mc= 1,868 Nmm/mm
II Moment plus minimum axial force
Bolt tension and concrete Compression
M = 0.6*fcu*bp*X ( h -X/2) - N (h-hp/2)
a -5,760 X
b 8,064,000 X
c -693,750,000
X1 92.09 mm
X2 1,307.91 mm
Substituting into the equations for C and T gives :
C = 1,060.85 kN
T= 760.85 kN
mc = 79,466.85 Nmm/mm
Column Base Worked Example
Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"
Baseplate thickness
The required plate thickness is the larger value resulting from (a) or (b) below
(a) Compression side bending
mc 79,466.85 Nmm/mm
tp = (4*mc/py)^0.5 = 31.27385 mm
(b) Tension side bending
required base plate thickness
m = 7 mm
tp = (4*mT/(pyp*bp))^0.5 = 11.68602 mm
use tp = 31.2738466 mm
Holding down bolts and anchorage
Holding down bolts
Force T is assumed to be shared equally between all the bolts in the tension row :
314 kN
Force per bolt = 190.2127 kN smaller than
ok!
Anchoring to concrete
Use anchor plate and check the concrete base for punching shear in accordance with BS 8110
anchor plate size =5d x 5d x 0.8 d = 150 x 150 x 24 mm
Assume an effective depth of the holding down bolts, L = 400 mm
The perimeter for punching shear check will encompass the group of four bolts :
(it is assumed that there are no free edges which would reduce the perimeter)
P = (12xL) + P
ap
where,
P
ap
= total perimeter of anchor plates
= 1500
P = 6300 mm
Average shear stress
fv = 0.301925 N/mm
Assuming an area of tension reinforcement less than or equal to 0.15%
Design concrete shrae stress, vc taken from table 3.8 of BS 8110
Vc = 0.35 N/mm > 0.301925
ok
Shear Transfer to Concrete
Check if the horizontal shear is transferred by friction
Available shear resistance = 0.3 x C min = 90 kN > 75 kN
ok
py = 355 MPa t1 c
Fshear 50 kN e3 gb
tf= 5.7 mm
e1 35 mm
n 3 nos
p 50 mm e1
D bolt 20
Dh 22 mm
Ke 1.1 (n-1)p
Single
e3 35 mm
gb 50 mm e1
k 2.5
c 100 mm
t1 10 mm
I Shear Capacity of beam
Basic requirement : Fv < Pv.min (smallest of (0.6*py*Av, 0.7*py*ke*Avnet)
Av = 0.9*(2e1+(n-1)p)*tf
= 872.1 mm
Av net = Av - n*Dh*tf
= 495.9 mm
0.6*py*Av = 185.76 kN
0.7*py*ke*Avnet 135.55 kN
Block Shear (applicable to notch beam only)
Pr = 0.6*py*tw(Lv+Ke*(Lt-k*Dh))
Pr = 203.9688 kN
Lv = e1+(n-1)*p
Lv = 135 mm
Pv = 135.55 kN ok!
II Shear and Bending interacion at the 2nd line of bolts
c = 100 mm > e3+gb = 85 check momen at 2nd line
Fv= 50 kN < 0.75*pmin= 101.6657 low shear
Mcc = 9.746525 kNm > Fv (t1+e3+gb)= 4.75 ok
Axial = 3500 kN
fcu = 48.19277 MPa
D = 609.6 mm
t = 22.2 mm
Areq = 121041.7 mm
b = h = 347.9104 mm
3.14 609.6 -22.2 22.2 2 c = 121041.7
40946.48 + 3688.872 c = 121041.7
c = 21.71265 mm
(D-2t)/2 = 282.6
no overlap
tp = 13.05372 mm