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DESIGN OF 6M LIGHT POLE FOUNDATION

DATA
Soil Bearing capacity = 170 kN/m2
Height of Pole = 6 m
Basic Wind speed = 44 m/s
Fck for concrete = 25 N/mm2
Fy for rebar grade = 500 n/mm2
Total weight of pole = 21.77 kG
Total weight of lum with arm = 2.77 kG
Total weight in kG = 24.53262 kG
Total weight in N Fv = 240.665 N
Probability Factor K1 = 1
Terrain and Height factor K2 = 1
Topograpghy factor K3 = 1
Importance factor K4 = 1.15
Design wind speed = 50.6 m/s
Wind pressure Pz = 1536.216 N/m2
Wind directio factor Kd = 1
Area avg. factor Ka = 1
Combination factor Kb = 0.9
Design wind pressure Pd = 1382.594 N/m2
Area of pole = 0.7083 m2
Total horizontal force at base Sf = 979.2916 N
Total moment at base M = 4896.458 N.m

VARIOUS FORCE ACTING ON THE FOUNDATION


TOTAL HORIZONTAL SHERE FORCE (Sf) = 0.979292 kN
DEAD LOAD OF THE POLE & BRACKET (DOWNWORD/VERTICAL) (Fv) = 0.240665 kN
MOMENT AT THE BASE OF THE FOUNDATION (M) = 4.896458 kN.m

DIMENSIONS
Dia of pedestal = 450 mm
Depth of pedetal from GL = 1200 mm
Height of pedetal from GL = 300 mm

DESIGN OF COLUMN AS PER EN 40-2 (APPENDIX A)


Depth of Fulcrum from GL about which =
over turning moment found 1/sqrt(2)*Foundation depth = 848.5281 mm
Depth of Fulcrum from base plate = 1148.528 mm
Over trurning moment = 6.021 kN.m
FOS = 1.250
Factored moment = 7.527 kN.m
Ground resisting moment = G * D * P^3/10
G ( factor from Appendix A) = 390.000 kN/m2
D (dia of column) = 0.450 m
P (Planting depth) = 1.200 m
Resisting moment = 30.326 kN.m
SAFE
CHECK FOR BEARING PRESSURE DUE TO VERTICAL LOAD
Volumn of column = 0.190755 m3
Wt of rcc column = 4.768875 kN
Wt of pole and bracket = 0.240665 kN
Total vertical load at base = 5.00954 kN
Base pressure = 31.51397 kN/m2
SBC = 170
SAFE

DESIGN OF COLUMN REINFORCEMENT


Size of column = 450 mm
Total vertical load (factored) = 7.51431 kN
Moment on column (factored) = 9.032 kN.m
Pu/(fck b d) = 0.001
Mu / (fck b d^2) = 0.004
Pt ( consider min Pt=0.15%) = 0.150
Ast req = 238.444 mm2
Provide dia of bars = 12
Provide No. of bars = 6
Ast pro = 678.24 mm2
Spacing of ties should be min of following
Least lateral dimension of Pedestal = 450 mm
16*longitudinal bars dia = 192 mm
Provide 8mm dia ties with spacing of ties 190 mm C/C

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