Design of Grillage Foundation

Input data
Axial load on grillage beam (t)

200 Bearing capacity of soil (t/sqm)

Assumed data
Upper tier beam section MB 300 Nos. of upper tier beam
Lower tier beam section MB 250 Nos. of lower tier beam
Section Properties
Column section 10 MB 500 D (mm) 500
B (mm)
180
Upper tier beam 6 MB 300 D (mm) 300
tw (mm) 7.70
Lower tier beam 5 MB 250 D (mm)

250

tw (mm)

30

Column section MB 500

3
10

6.90

Zxx (cm3)
3

Zxx (cm )

599

h2(mm)

29.9

410

h2(mm)

27.95

Analysis & design

Assuming foundation weight to be 15% of column axial load, total load on the base of footing (t)
Size of foundation required (sqm)
2.77 Provide size of foundation
3

230

1. Column base plate

Size of base plate required (mm)

243
Size of square base plate provided (mm)
600
2
w
(N/mm
)
P
A (mm) 210
B (mm) 50
(Using eqn.
<= 250)
{a+2*sqrt(3)*h2}*tw
B2
3w
Thickness of base plate required (mm) 62.2
2
(Using eqn.
) )
d bs ( A 4
Thickness of base plate provided (mm) 70.0
Provide square baseplate of size

600

2. Upper tier beam

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mm X

70

mm thk.

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ROLLED STEEL BEAMS-WEIGHT,DIMENSIONS & PROPERTIE

Section

MB 100
MB 125
MB 150
MB 200
MB 250
MB 300
MB 350
MB 400
MB 450
MB 500
MB 550
MB 600

w
Kg/m

a
cm2
11.5
13.4
15
25.4
37.3
46.1
52.4
61.6
72.4
86.9
104
123

D
mm
14.7
17
19.1
32.3
47.6
58.7
66.7
78.5
92.3
111
132
156

b
mm
100
125
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
600

tf
mm
70
70
75
100
125
140
140
140
150
180
190
210

tw
mm
7.5
8
8
10.8
12.5
13.1
14.2
16
17.4
17.2
19.3
20.8

Ix
cm4
4.5
5
5
5.7
6.9
7.7
8.1
8.9
9.4
10.2
11.2
12

252
445.1
717.6
2235.4
5131.6
8985.7
13630.3
20458.4
30390.8
45218.3
64893.6
91813

Iy
cm4
35.4
38.5
46.8
150
334.5
486.3
537.7
622.1
834
1369.8
1833.8
2651

ENSIONS & PROPERTIES

rx
cm

ry
cm
4.14
5.16
6.13
8.32
10.4
12.4
14.3
16.2
18.2
20.2
22.2
24.2

Zx
cm3
1.55
1.51
1.57
2.15
2.65
2.86
2.84
2.82
3.01
3.52
3.73
4.12

Zy
cm3
50.4
71.2
95.7
224
410
599
779
1020
1350
1810
2360
3060

h2
mm
10.1
12.5
30
53.5
69.5
76.8
88.9
111
152
193
252

17.6
18.1
18.3
23.65
27.95
29.9
31
32.8
35.4
37.95
41.25
45.15