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Pinned Base Plate-ECPLUS Design
Pinned Base Plate-ECPLUS Design
Pinned Base Plate-ECPLUS Design
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Pinned Baseplate Design
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The scope of this calculation module is to design pinned base plates for axial load,
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transferred from a steel column to foundation concrete with no moment. Axial load can
either be tensile or compressive in nature. The tensile force is dispersed to the foundation
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concrete with the help of holding down bolts and anchor plates.
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Available Standards: British
Base plate dimensions are assumed based on a trial & error method, where by the area of base plate provided is compared against the
required area for the load specified. Base plate area required is computed using the concrete bearing stress as follows,
Effective area method is used for computing the thickness of base plate as follows, The projection ‘c’ is computed using base plate area
required,
Base plate thickness, tp = c * √((3 * (0.6 * Concrete cube strength)) / (Plate design strength))
Forces Acting
For pinned connections no moment is transferred, hence compression block is not created and only tension force acts on the holding down
bolts during uplift which is resisted by the bolt tensile capacity. Holding down bolt checks the tensile capacity of bolts taking into consideration
bolt grade, yield strength and tensile area of bolts as follows,
where,
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An option is given for the user to choose the steel sections of their choice such as,
Categories I section
Universal beam
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Universal column
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Rectangular hollow section
Bolt anchorage.
The application calculates the anchor capacity based on the bolt and anchor plate properties defined where, anchor plate
dimensions can also be edited by the user.
Other Bolts
The application allows the user to directly input the anchorage capacity of bolts.
Design Considerations
• All welds are fillet welds and the weld strength relate to the minimum strength of the connected parts and the class of weld used.
• The bolts are doubly symmetrical and are spaced along the width of the base plate.
• The minimum size of welds shall not be less than 3 mm and not be greater than the thickness of the flange in case of I sections and section
thickness in case of rectangular hollow or square hollow section.
• The base plate area required is determined relative to maximum bearing pressure, the design strengths of column, base plate is determined
corresponding to the steel grade and member thickness.
• If the axial load is compressive, projection ‘c’ is calculated corresponding to the column cross section.
• The thickness of base plate is calculated by effective area method that suggests an empirical formula for minimum thickness of the base
pate.
• Holding down bolts are designed either by punching shear approach or by determining the pull-out capacity of cone of the foundation
concrete.
• The punching shear approach used assumes a reinforced base, whereas the cone pull-out approach is appropriate for unreinforced base.
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References
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