Solar lighting pole

Calculation sheet
STRUCTURALREPORT

SOLARLIGHTINGPOOLFOOTING

DESIGN BRIEF
Design a footing of 6.00 m high free-standing solar lighting pole located in a Jebel Ali Village, on a
gentle slope and shielded. The footing is pier will be set in insitu sandy- material, with cautious
estimates of the means of density 20 kN/m3, internal angle of friction 30 and cohesion 5.0 kPa.
Ultimate design gust wind speed
Vhu = 45.0 m/s = 160 km/h

Ultimatefreestreamgustdynamicwindpressure
qzu = 0.0006Vzu
2
= 0.0006 x 45.0
2

= 1.215 kPa

Ultimatenetwindpressureonfreestandingpole
pnu = Cfig qzu
= 1.20 x 1.215
=1.46kPa

LOAD FACTORS AND CAPACITY REDUCTION FACTORS

Load factor on overturning wind pressure
Gw = 1.0
Load factor on restoring forces
Gr = 0.8
Pole dimensions
B =0 .151 m OD of pole
h=6.00 m
SHEAR FORCE AND BENDING MOMENTS AT THE BASE OF POLE
Shear force at base support of exposed pole
Vb = pnu B h = 1.0 x 1.46 x 0.151 x 6
= 1.322 kN
Bending moment at base of support of exposed pole
Mb = 0.5 Gw pnu B h2 = 0.5 x 1.0 x 1.46 x 0.151 x 6.0
2
= 3.968 kN.m

FOUNDATION SOIL
The piers will be set in insitu sandy-clay material with the following properties.
Any over-excavation should be filled with compacted cement-stabilized road base.
Design will be to the principles set out in ACI.
o Density (cautious estimate of mean)
o rf = 20 kN/m3
o Internal angle of friction (cautious estimate of the mean)
f = 30
o Cohesion (cautious estimate of mean)
cf=5.0kPa
Design properties of soil
Foundation soil partial factor on tan (f)
Ftan(f)=0.85
Foundation soil partial factor on cohesion
F*cf=0.70
Foundation soil design internal friction angle
*f = tan-1[Ftan(f) tan(f)]
= tan-1[0.85 tan (30)]
= 26.1
Foundation soil design cohesion
c*f = Fcf cf
= 0.70 x 5.0
=3.5kPa

Passive pressure coefficient of foundation soil

Kp = 1 + sin (*f)
1 - Sin (*f)
= 1 + sin (26.1)
1 - Sin (26.1)
=2.58

PIER DETAILS
Total depth of pier
D = 1. 00 m embedded, 1.20 m total depth
Pier diameter
dpier = 0.50 m

Note
Thefollowingcalculationsconvertacircularpiertoanequivalentsquarepierofthesameoverallcross
sectionalarea.Byusingthiseffectivesquaresection,wecanhaveconfidenceinthecalculatedweightof
pier,andtheeffectivehorizontalleverarmsfromanassumedpointofrotation.

Effective pier thickness perpendicular to the wind direction

Tp = (3.1416/4)0.5 dpier
= (3.1416/4)0.5 x 0.50
=0.3928m
Effective pier length along the wind direction
Lp = (3.1416/4)0.5 dpier
= (3.1416/4)0.5 x 0.50
=0.3928m

Multiplier to account for lateral resistance of piers pushing into a body of soil
kpier=3.0
OVERTURNING ANALYSIS
As the horizontal force increases, the pole support will rotate about its base, pushing forward into the soil. The
movement will vary linearly from the maximum at the ground surface to zero at the bottom of the support.
The resistance to this movement is provided by the passive resistance of the soil in front of the support.
Under uniform movement, the passive pressure varies uniformly from zero at the surface to a maximum
at the base of the support.
Passive force over the total depth, D
Pp = Gr kpier Kp r Lp D2/3
= 0.8 x 3.0 x 2.58 x 19.6 x 0.3928 x 1.00
2
/3
= 15.89 kN.m
Lever arm of passive force
yp = D/2
= 1.00/2
=0.50m
Restoring moment about the base of passive force
Mp = Pp yp
= 15.89 x 0.50
=7.945kN.m
Factored weight of pole
Pvw = Gr x wt. of steel pole
= 0.8 x 0.377x0.00235x785
=0.545kN
Lever arm of pole weight
=0.00matcenterofpier
Restoring moment about centroid due to pole weight
Mw=Pvwyw
=0.00kN.m

Factored weight of pier/footing

Pvf = Gr rf Tf Lf D
= 0.8 x 23.5 x 0.3928 x 0.3928 x 1.20
=3.481kN
Lever arm of pier/footing
yf = Tp(0.00)
=0.00m
Restoring moment about centroid due to pier/footing weight
Mf = Pvf yf
= 2.69 x 0.00
=0.00kN.m
Total restoring moment
MR = Mp + Mw + Mf
= 7.945 + 0.00 + 0.00
=7.945kN.m
Check pole stability
Bending moment at base of pier
Mb = Gw pnu B h (h/2 + D) = 1.0 x 1.46 x 0.151 x 6.0 x (6.00 / 2 + 1.20)
= 5.555 kN.m
< 7.945 kN.m OK
ie,poleisstable

Reinforcement
Modulus of elasticity
E = 1,000 fm
= 1,000 x 8.06
=8,060MPa
Area of main reinforcment
Ast = Nt(3.1416 Ddia.t2/4) (approx)
= 1 x 3.1416 x 12
2
/4
= 160 mm2
Design area of main tensile reinforcement
Asd = min [0.29(1.3fm) bd/fsy, Ast]
= min [(0.29 x 1.3 x 8.06 x 760 x 95 / 500), 200]
= min [438, 160]
= 160 mm2