ANCHOR BOLT CALCULATIONS metal buildings

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SAMPLE METAL BUILDING

MAKE ENTRIES IN YELLOW BLANKS ONLY

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Read additional instructions before using (available at griffithplans.com) BOLD ENTRIES ARE FORMULAS DEADLOADS 15% safety factor version 4-10-07 WINDLOADS 15% safety factor page 1 of 2 used for footing and column pad calcs only used for footing and column pad calcs only WALL SEGMENTS ROOF SEGMENTS LATERAL WINDLOAD ROOF WINDLOAD WALL 1 ROOF 1 WALL 1 ROOF 1 HEIGHT 21 HEIGHT 21 HEIGHT 21 HEIGHT 21 WIDTH 20 WIDTH 20 WIDTH 20 WIDTH 20 WT PSF 25 WT PSF 25 WLOAD PSF 35.65 WLOAD PSF 17.28 SF 420 SF 420 SF 420 SF 420 TOTAL LBS. 10500 TOTAL LBS. 10500 TOTAL LBS. 14973 TOTAL LBS. 7257.6 WALL 2 HEIGHT WIDTH WT PSF SF TOTAL LBS. ROOF 2 HEIGHT WIDTH WT PSF SF TOTAL LBS. WALL 2 HEIGHT WIDTH WLOAD PSF SF TOTAL LBS. ROOF 2 HEIGHT WIDTH WLOAD PSF SF TOTAL LBS.

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COLUMN PAD DEPTH ft WIDTH ft LENGTH ft WT per cf totalCF conc TOTAL WT

3.66 4 4 150 58.56 8784

FOOTING DEPTH ft WIDTH ft LENGTH ft WT per cf totalCF conc TOTAL WT

TOTAL LATERAL WINDLOAD TOTAL ROOF WINDLOAD 1.33 1.66 20 150 44.16 6623.40
FOOTING SOIL BEARING 1050.0 199.5 wall roof PSF footing PSF TOTAL LBS PSF

1249.5

2000 PSF enter soil bearing above 7 inches

min.ftg width required

equals a safety margin of

750.5 PSF

19.9

inches

footing design given

COLUMN PAD (SOIL BEARING)

18.2 16

SF MIN COL PAD for 2000psf soil bearing. SF DESIGNED PAD SIZE

WALL WEIGHT LBS ROOF WEIGHT LBS COLUMN PAD WEIGHT LBS FOOTING WEIGHT LBS TOTAL DEADLOAD WEIGHT LBS

10500 10500 8784 6623 36407

DEADLOAD LESS UPLIFT LBS 29,150 result must be positive to prevent lifting

(ASTM A 307 Bolt Tightening Criteria) diameter torque initially tighten bolts to achieve mating. 3/8 15 Final Tighten Bolts measuring Torque 1/2 37 Conc strength achieved in 28 days 5/8 74 3/4 120 7/8 190 1 275 1 1/8 375 1 1/4 525
LOWEST amount is tension & shear allowance per bolt embedded bolt allowance

Tension + Shear safety amt

NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN CALCS BOLT COUNT PER COLUMN tension LOAD NEEDED PER BOLT SHEAR NEEDED PER BOLT

1 4 1,814 3,743

LBS LBS

15,904 max bolt strength 10,347 bolt strength 18,910 anchor load 13,353 anchor load 30,375 conc strength 24,817 conc strength 22,500 edge dist 16,942 edge dist values above must be positive to prevent failure
BOLTS SELECTED EXCEED REQUIREMENTS OF FBC 1912 AND 1913. Bolts shall conform to ASTM A 307 or an approved equivalent.

ANCHOR BOLT INFORMATION for footing bolts REQUIRED BOLT DIAMETER THREADED PORTION ABOVE CONC

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3/4
3

in in

MINIMUM EMBEDMENT in inches (12 dia)

IDEAL MIN DIST FROM CONC EDGE 1.5xshank

inches 9 14.0 12 35

NOTE: Locate all anchor bolts with templates before pouring concrete use ASTM A 307 bolts or approved equiv. The use of lower rated bolts could result in building collapse in high wind conditions.

TOTAL BOLT LENGTH REQUIRED inches

conc cover from bolt bottom to COLUMN PAD bottom

ANCHOR BOLT CALCULATIONS 3,000 36,000 12 3/4 9 13.5 12.73 359.87 254.47

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W BLANKS ONLY

ORMULAS

CONC STRENGTH PSI ANCHOR YIELD STRENGTH PSI TOTAL BOLT LENGTH REQUIRED inches BOLT DIA 0.375 bolt radius EMBED LENGTH FREE EDGE DIST use 1.5 times embed SLANT HEIGHT of cone CONE SURFACE AREA CIRCLE AREA

81 0.4418

cone cross section area in sq in bolt sq in

3.141592654

=pi

162 hyp=SQ RT OF side1+side2 area of cone=PI*R*SLANT HT pi=3.141592654ratio of the circumf to the dia (C/d)=3.14 of circle.22 / 7 =pi

ALLOWABLE TENSILE LOAD 18,910 1.ALLOWABLE LOAD psi (based on anchor)

formula=.5*(cone surface area)*sq rt(bolt dia*anchr yield strength psi.) result above /

1.2

for close spacing

pull-out factor

30,375 2.ALLOWABLE LOAD psi (based on conc psi)

formula=bolt dia times .02 *(cone cross sec*conc strength psi)

result above /

1.2

for close spacing

pull-out factor

12 inches ACTUAL DIST TO CONC EDGE value below cannot exceed allowable load 2 above 22,500 ADJUSTED LOAD psf ( based on conc psi & edge distance) value below cannot exceed allowable load 1 above 15,904 actual bolt strength based on size = (bolt sq in*anchor yield psi) a FREE DOWNLOAD from griffithplans.com (other calculators FREE at griffithplans.com)

formula=PSF load*(actual edge dist divided by free edge dist.)

result above /

1.2

for close spacing

pull-out factor

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