Column Base Worked Example

Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"

2 x 4 M 30
30 8.8 L1

Mmax = 600 kNm 75

Pmax = 400 kN 150
Pmin = 300 kN bp 150
V = 75 kN 150
hp = 775 mm 75
bp = 480 mm
fcu = 40 MPa 75 450
L1 = 90 mm
sw = 10 mm hp
h = 700 mm
e = 82 mm
py = 325 N/mm²
L anchor = 450 mm

I Moment plus maximum axial force

Check whether there is tension in bolts

First suppose there is no tension in the bolts
b= M/N
1500 mm

Distance to edge of compressive stress block

X/2 = -1112.5 mm
Compression = -41,385 kN

tension in bolts

C= 400 kN
Required design stress = 0.555556 N/mm²
mc= 1,868 Nmm/mm

II Moment plus minimum axial force

Bolt tension and concrete Compression
M = 0.6*fcu*bp*X ( h -X/2) - N (h-hp/2)
a -5,760 X²
b 8,064,000 X
c -693,750,000

X1 92.09 mm
X2 1,307.91 mm

Substituting into the equations for C and T gives :

C= 1,060.85 kN
T= 760.85 kN
mc = 79,466.85 Nmm/mm
Column Base Worked Example
Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"
Baseplate thickness
The required plate thickness is the larger value resulting from (a) or (b) below
(a) Compression side bending

mc 79,466.85 Nmm/mm
tp = (4*mc/py)^0.5 = 31.27385 mm

(b) Tension side bending

required base plate thickness

m= 7 mm
tp = (4*mT/(pyp*bp))^0.5 11.68602 mm

use tp = 31.27384657 mm

Holding down bolts and anchorage

Holding down bolts

Force T is assumed to be shared equally between all the bolts in the tension row :
314 kN
Force per bolt = 190.2127 kN smaller than

ok!

Anchoring to concrete
Use anchor plate and check the concrete base for punching shear in accordance with BS 8110

anchor plate size =5d x 5d x 0.8 d = 150 x 150 x 24 mm

Assume an effective depth of the holding down bolts, L = 400 mm

The perimeter for punching shear check will encompass the group of four bolts :
(it is assumed that there are no free edges which would reduce the perimeter)

P = (12xL) + Pap
where,
Pap = total perimeter of anchor plates
= 1500
P= 6300 mm

Average shear stress

fv = 0.301924998 N/mm²

Assuming an area of tension reinforcement less than or equal to 0.15%

Design concrete shrae stress, vc taken from table 3.8 of BS 8110

Vc = 0.35 N/mm² > 0.301925

ok

Shear Transfer to Concrete

Check if the horizontal shear is transferred by friction

Column Base Worked Example
Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"
Available shear resistance = 0.3 x C min = 90 kN > 75 kN
ok
 Double Notch
py = 355 MPa t1 c
Fshear 50 kN e3 gb
tf= 5.7 mm
e1 35 mm
n 3 nos
p 50 mm e1
D bolt 20
Dh 22 mm
Ke 1.1 (n-1)p
Single
e3 35 mm
gb 50 mm e1
k 2.5
c 100 mm
t1 10 mm

I Shear Capacity of beam

Basic requirement : Fv < Pv.min (smallest of (0.6*py*Av, 0.7*py*ke*Avnet)

Av = 0.9*(2e1+(n-1)p)*tf
= 872.1 mm²

Av net = Av - n*Dh*tf
= 495.9 mm²

0.6*py*Av = 185.76 kN

0.7*py*ke*Avnet 135.55 kN

Block Shear (applicable to notch beam only)

Pr = 0.6*py*tw(Lv+Ke*(Lt-k*Dh))
Pr = 203.9688 kN

Lv = e1+(n-1)*p
Lv = 135 mm

Pv = 135.55 kN ok!

II Shear and Bending interacion at the 2nd line of bolts

c= 100 mm > e3+gb = 85 check momen at 2nd line

Fv= 50 kN < 0.75*pmin= 101.6657 low shear

Mcc = 9.746525 kNm > Fv (t1+e3+ 4.75 ok

Axial = 3500 kN
fcu = 48.19277 MPa
D= 609.6 mm
t= 22.2 mm

Areq = 121041.7 mm²

b=h= 347.9104 mm

3.14 609.6 -22.2 22.2 2 c = 121041.7

40946.48 + 3688.872 c = 121041.7

c = 21.71265 mm

(D-2t)/2 = 282.6

no overlap

tp = 13.05372 mm