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Base Plate Design - Eurocode 3 - 2005

Material Strength Properties
fcu : 20 MPa
Bolt Grade : 4.6
Bolt fy : 240 MPa
Bolt fu : 400 MPa
fy Baseplate : 250 MPa
fu Baseplate : 410 MPa
fy Column : 250 MPa
fu Column : 410 MPa
tu Weld : 500 MPa

Column Section
O1 114.3x3.2

Base Plate Design Data:

Plate Shape : Rectangular
Height : 275 mm
Breadth : 275 mm
Thickness : 16 mm

Weld Properties
Size :6 mm Fillet Weld

Bolt Properties
Diameter : 16 mm
Anchor Length : 150 mm
Compression not allowed in bolts

Bolt End Plate Properties

Bolt Resistance Forces

Bolt Netto Cross Section

0.75 . p . d 2
An =
4
0.75 ×p ×16 2
=
4
= 150.796 mm2

Tension Resistance Table 3.4

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k1 . An . fu
Tr =
Ym2 . 1000
.9 ×150.8 ×400
=
1.25 ×1000
= 43.430 kN

Tension Resistance Concrete DD_CEN_TS_1992-4-2 6.2.5(1)

kcr . fck . hef 1.5

NRk =
1000
7.7 × 20 ×150 1.5
=
1000
= 63.262 kN

6 . (A_end - A_bolt ) . fck . Yucr

NRk =
1000
6 ×(452.39 - 201.06 ) ×20 ×1
=
1000
= 30.160 kN

Shear Resistance Table 3

0.6 . An . fu
Vr =
Ym2 . 1000
0.6 ×150.8 ×400
=
1.25 ×1000
= 28.954 kN

Shear Resistance 6.2.2 (7)

(0.44 - 0.0003 . fyb ) . fub . As

Vr =
Ym2 . 1000
(0.44 - 0.0003 ×240 ) ×400 ×150.8
=
1.25 ×1000
= 17.758 kN

Compression Resistance 13.3.1

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0.9 . An . fu
Cr =
1000
0.9 ×150.8 ×0
=
1000
= 0.0000×100 kN

Find Effective Compression Area

Effective Distance from Edge of Section

fyp
cMax = tp .
2
3 . . fck . Ym0
3
250
= 16 ×
2
3 × ×20 ×1
3
= 40.000 mm

Calculation Sheet for Load Case : 1

Factored loads
P: 79 kN
Mz : 8 kNm
Vx : 20 kN
Mx : 6 kNm
Vz : 13 kN
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Find Equilibruim
The actual number of Grid Point used for calculation is 1089

Moment balancing
Sum Of Moments around X-axis = 0.0 kNm
Sum Of Moments around Y-axis = 0.0 kNm

Axial Force balancing

Sum Of Forces in Y-direction = 0.0 kN

The Shear Resistance in the Bolts Resists the Following Forces:

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Forces in X-direction
Moments around Y-axis
Forces in Z-direction

Calculating Factors of Safety in Concrete

StrainMax
FOS =
Strain
.0035
=
.00073645
= 4.753

Calculating Factors of Safety in Critical Bolt

Tension in Bolts
Critical Bolt Tension

Tr
FOS =
Tension
43.429
=
21.477
= 2.022

Critical Bolt Pull-Out

Trc
FOS =
Tension
36.191
=
21.477
= 1.685

Shear in Bolts
Critical Bolt Shear

Vr
FOS =
Shear
28.953
=
5.9634
= 4.855

Shear and Tension combined in Bolts

The factor should be less than 1.0 for bolts in shear and tension
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The bolt number 4 has the critical shear and tension combination

The tension in the bolt is: 21.48 kN

The shear in the bolt is: 5.96 kN

Tension and Shear Resistance Table 3

Shear Tension
factor = +
Vr 1.4 . Tr
5.9634 21.477
= +
28.953 1.4 ×43.429
= 0.5592

0.559 <= 1.0

OK

Converted to Factor of Safety relevant to 1

1.0
FOS =
factor
1.0
=
.5592
= 1.788

Bolt BasePlate interaction

Resistance
FOS =
Force
52.078
=
21.477
= 2.425

Welds
Since unit values are used for the length and size of the weld, the capacity
of this layout is given in kN/mm
Design shear strength 4.4

fu
fvw.d =
3 bw . gM2
.
410
=
3 ×.84 ×1.25
= 225.442 MPa

Design resistance per unit length 4.3

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fvw.d . a . Size
Fw.Rd =
1000
225.44 ×.707 ×6
=
1000
= 0.9563 kN/mm

Capacity of 6mm weld is 0.956kN/mm

Resistance
FOS =
Force
.95632
=
.28195
= 3.392