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7 Column Base plate

 Contents
 Introduction

 Loads on the base plate

 ES EN 1993-1-8:2015 provisions for column base plate design
 Axially loaded base plate
 Base plate with bending moment
 Design of anchor bolts for tension and shear

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 Introduction
 The base of a column is designed to distribute the
concentrated column load over a certain definite
foundation area and to ensure connection of the lower
column end to the foundation.
 Steel plate placed at the bottom of the column transmit
to the concrete pedestal.
 Design of the base plate is size and thickness
determination.

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 Cont.…
A layer of grout should be placed
between the base plate and its
support for the purpose of leveling
 Anchor bolts should be provided
to stabilize the column during
erection or to prevent uplift.

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 Possible loads on the base plate

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Design According to ES EN 1993-1-
8:2015
 Column bases should be of sufficient size, stiffness and
strength to transmit the axial forces, bending moments and
shear forces in columns to their foundations or other supports
without exceeding the load carrying capacity of these supports.
 The design bearing strength between the base plate and its
support may be determined on the basis of a uniform
distribution of compressive force over the bearing area. For
concrete foundations the bearing stress should not exceed the
design bearing strength, fjd
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 DESIGN BASE PLATES : ES EN 1993-1-8
(6.2.5)
 In steel- to-concrete joints, the flange of an equivalent T-stub in
compression may be used to model the design resistances for the
combination of the following basic components:
◦ the steel base plate in bending under the bearing pressure on the
foundation,
◦ the concrete and/or grout joint material in bearing.
 The total length leff and the total width beff of an equivalent T-stub
should be such that the design compression resistance of the T-stub is
equivalent to that of the basic joint component it represents.

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 Design bearing strength of joint
The design compression resistance of a T-stub flange FC,Rd should be determined as follows:

FC , Rd  f jd beff leff
一where:
beff the effective width of the T-stub flange,
leff 一
the effective length of the T-stub flange,
f jd the design bearing strength of the joint,

f jd   j FRdu beff leff 

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 Design bearing strength of joint
where:
j is the foundation joint material coefficient, which may be taken as 2/3 provided that the
characteristic strength of the grout is not less than 0.2 times the characteristic strength of the
concrete foundation and the thickness of the grout is not greater than 0.2 times the smallest
width of the steel base plate. In cases where the thickness of the grout is more than 50 mm,
).
the characteristic strength of the grout should be at least the same as that of the concrete
foundation
FRdu is the concentrated design resistance force given in ES EN 1992:2015, where Ac0 is
to be taken as ( beff leff )

FRdu  Ac0  fcd Ac1 / Ac0  3.0  fcd  Ac0

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 Design bearing strength of joint
where:
Ac0=b1*d1 is the loaded area,
Ac1=b2*d2 is the maximum design distribution
area with a similar shape to Ac0

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 Base plate stress distribution

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 Projection
 The forces transferred through a T-stub should be assumed to spread uniformly as
shown in Figure 6.4(a) and (b). The pressure on the resulting bearing area should not
exceed the design bearing strength fj and the additional bearing width, c, should not

3 f  M 0  
exceed: 0.5

where:
c  t  f y jd

t is the thickness of the T-stub flange;

fy is the yield strength of the T-stub flange.
• Where the projection of the physical length of the basic joint component represented
by the T-stub is less than c, the effective area should be taken as indicated in Figure
• Where the projection of the physical length of the basic joint component represented
by the T-stub exceeds c on any side, the part of the additional projection beyond the
width c should be neglected, see Figure

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DESIGN OF AXIALLY LOADED BASE PLATES
The design resistance, Ni,Rd of a symmetric column base plate subject to
an axial compressive force applied concentrically may be determined by
adding together the individual design resistance NC,Rd of the three T-
stubs shown in the Figure

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DESIGN OF BASE PLATES WITH
MOMENTS
 Fora column base subject to combined axial force and bending the
forces between the base plate and its support can take one of the
following distribution
o In the case of a dominant compressive axial force, full compression
may develop under both column flanges
o In the case of a dominant tensile force, full tension may develop
under both flanges
o In the case of a dominant bending moment compression may develop
under one column flange and tension under the other

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 dominant compressive normal force dominant tensile normal force

dominant bending moment dominant bending moment

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 Loading Lever arm z Design moment resistance M j , Rd
Left side in tension z  zT ,1  z C ,r N Ed > 0 and e  zT ,1 N Ed 0and
Right side in compression
e   zT ,r
FT ,1, Rd z  FC ,r , Rd z
The smaller of and
z C ,r e  1 zT ,1 e  1
Left side in tension z  zT ,1  zT ,r N Ed > 0 and N Ed > 0 and
Right side in tension
0  e  zT ,1  zT , r  e  0
The smaller of The smaller of
FT ,1, Rd z FT ,1, Rd z
and and
zT ,r e  1 zT ,r e  1
FT ,r , Rd z FT ,1, Rd z
zT ,1 e  1 zT ,1 e  1
Left side in compression z  z C ,1  zT ,r N Ed > 0 and N Ed 0 and e  z C ,1
Right side in tension
e   zT ,r
 FC ,1, Rd z FT ,r , Rd z
The smaller of and
zT ,r e  1 z C ,1 e  1
Left side in compression z  z C ,1  z C ,r N Ed > 0 and 0 < e < N Ed ≤ 0and
Right side in compression zC,1  z C ,r  e  0
The smaller of The smaller of
 FC ,1, Rd z  FC ,1, Rd z
and and
z C ,r e  1 z C ,r e  1
 FC ,r , Rd z  FC ,r , Rd z
z C ,1 e  1 z C ,1 e  1
M Ed > 0 is clockwise, N Ed > 0 is tension
M Ed M
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N Ed N Rd
DESIGN OF BASE PLATES WITH
MOMENTS
 Ft , pl , Rd

FT ,l ( r ), Rd  beff ,t , wc twc f y , wc
 Ft , wc , Rd  M0

beff ,t , wc  t fb  2 2 ab  5t fc  s 

 Fc , pl , Rd
Fc ,l ( r ), Rd 
 Fc , fc , Rd  M c , Rd  h  t fc 


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 Terms

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DESIGN OF ANCHOR BOLTS FOR TENSION
AND SHEAR
 One of the following methods should be used to resist the shear
force between the base plate and its support:
• Frictional design resistance at the joint between the base plate and its
support added up with the design shear resistance of the anchor bolts.
• The design shear resistance of the surrounding part of the foundation.
• If anchor bolts are used to resist the shear forces between the base
plate and its support, rupture of the concrete in bearing should also be
checked
• Where the above methods are inadequate special elements such as
blocks or bar shear connectors should be used to transfer the shear
forces between the base plate and its support.
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 Example: Column base connection under
axial compression
This worked example deals with the design of a column base subjected to
a compressive axial load.
Basic data :- Base plate steel grade S275: fyp = 275 N/mm²
• Foundation concrete class C25/30:
fck = 25 N/mm² • Column axial force Nj,Ed = 1500 kN • Column section
UKC 305 × 305 × 118 Height hc ,= 314.5 mm Width bfc = 307.4 mm Web
thickness twc = 12 mm
Flange thickness tfc = 18.7 mm ; Partial factors steel γM0 = 1.0 concrete
γc = 1.5

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Estimation of the base plate area

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Effective area ≈4c2+ Section perimeter × c + section area where c is
the cantilever outstand of the effective area

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 EXAMPLE 2 BASE PLATE WITH MOMENTS

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