Column Base Worked Example

Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"

2x

30

L1

Mmax

600 kNm

Pmax

400 kN

Pmin

300 kN

75 kN

150

hp

775 mm

75

bp

480 mm

fcu

40 MPa

L1

90 mm

sw

10 mm

700 mm

82 mm

py
=
L anchor =
I

75
150
bp

75

325 N/mm
450 mm

Moment plus maximum axial force

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 =
mc=
1,868 Nmm/mm

0.5555556 N/mm

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 X
b
8,064,000 X
c
-693,750,000
X1
X2

450

hp

Check whether there is tension in bolts

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

II

150

92.09 mm
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 =
31.273847 mm
(b)

Tension side bending

required base plate thickness
m=
7 mm
tp = (4*mT/(pyp*bp))^0.5 = 11.686017 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 =
190.21275 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

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

150 x
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
=
P=

1500
6300 mm

Average shear stress

fv =
0.301924998 N/mm
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/mm

>
ok

0.301925

Shear Transfer to Concrete

Check if the horizontal shear is transferred by friction

150 x

24 mm

Column Base Worked Example

Taken from "Joints in Steel Construction Moment Connections"
Available shear resistance = 0.3 x C min =

90 kN
ok

>

75 kN