Contents

1. Column base connection

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9

General
Strength of concrete in compression
Strength of anchors in tension
Strength of footing plate in bending
Flange and web of the column in compression
Strength of column's web in tension
Strength of the Welds
Shear resistance of the connection
Rotational stiffness of the joint

2. Input data of the connection

2.1 Data of Column
2.2 Connection Details
2.3 Anchors

3. Strength Results - Node : -99 LC : -99

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6

Applied Moments and Forces

Anchors Resistances
Footing Plate's Resistances
Stiffener Plate's Resistances
Resistance of The Welds (M+N)
Resistance of The Welds (V)

4. Summary
4.1 Summary Table
4.2 Legend

1. Column base connection

1.1 General
This category includes connection of columns on concrete made foundations. The
types of the connections which the program covers are the following :

Pinned connection with footing plate

Fixed connection with footing plate

Fixed connection with footing plate and Stiffners

The solution of the above referred connection is based on the "basic component

method". This method calculates the connection final strength from the resistances
of it's "basic components".
The "basic components" for these connections are:

1.2 Strength of concrete in compression

Strength of concrete in compression obtained from the relation:

f j = j k j f cd
The effective area of the fountation obtained from the relation

c = t(

fy
3 f j 0

) 0.5

With the effective area and the applied forces and moment the program calculates
the length of the compression area of the connection. which is used in order to
calculate the applied compression force both on the concrete foundation and the
equivalent T stub.

1.3 Strength of anchors in tension

The strength of one anchor in tension is obtained from the relation:

Ft, Rd = 0.9*fu,a As / 2 ( Table 6.5.3.)

The check of the anchors in tension is performed by the, known from previous,
applied tension force. Also the recuired anchorance length is being calculated using
the rules of EC2.

1.4 Strength of footing plate in bending

The strength of the footing plate in bending together with the associated anchors
in tension is obtained by using the equivalent T-stub method for both:

each individual anchor-row required to resist tension

each group of anchor-rows required to resist tension

more details for the equivalent T-stub method can be found at the "Beam to Column"
part of this manual.

1.5 Flange and web of the column in compression

The resistance of the columns flange and web in compression is obtained

by the formula:
Fc,fc,Rd = Mc,Rd / ( h - tFc )

1.6 Column's web in tension

(5.2.6.7)

The resistance of the columns web in tension is obtained by the formula:

Ft, wc , Rd = beff,t wc * twc*fy,wc kwc / o (5.2.6.3)

1.7 Strength of the Welds

In addition with the checks of the connections "basic components" the
resistance of the welds is being checked (column-footing plate, stiffeners etc) in
relation with the applied stresses. The check of the welds is obtained by using
the following relations of EC3 (Annex M):

2 + 3 ( 2 + // 2 ) f u /( w Mw )

= Vz,sd / A w // = Vy,sd / A w
f u / Mw where : = N /A +
/ wy + Mz,sd / wz

sd
w
y,sd

1.8 Shear resistance of the connection

As concerns the resistance of the connection in shear the following checks are
performed:
a) resistance of anchors in shear (when no shear element exists)
b) resistance of the footing plate in bearing (when no shear element exists)
c) resistance of the shear element in bending and shear
In order to calculate the resistance of each anchor in shear the following
formulas of EC3 are used:

f v , Rd =

0 ,6 f ua f s
mb
, for anchor's quality 4.6 / 5.6 / 8.8

f v , Rd =

0,5 f ua f s
mb
, for anchor's quality 4.8 / 5.8 / 10.9

f v , Rd =

0,6 f ua f
mb
, for all qualities when the shear plane passes through the
portioned part of the anchor.

The resistance of the footing plate in bearing at each anchors position is obtained by
using the formula:

f b , Rd =

2,5 f ua t
mb

For the anchors which combine shear with tension the shear resistance is reduced
according to the following formula:

Fv ,Sd
Fv , Rd

Ft ,Sd
1.4 Ft , Rd

1.0

The resistance in shear for each anchor row is the minimum result of the above
checks and the final resistance of the connection in shear is found by adding the
resistances of all the bolt rows of the connection.
When a shear element exists all the applied shear force is considered to act on it and
all the above check for the anchors are omitted, instead of them the following checks
of the shear element performed according to the EC3:

p,Rd

W f

m0

,V

p,Rd

A f
v y
3
m0

1.9 Rotational stiffness of the joint

The procedure of the solution is described at the EC3 part 1.8. The rotational stiffness
of the joint is determined by the flexibility of the "basic components" through the
elastic stiffness coefficient ki as shows the next formula:

S j ,ini
where:

E z2
e
=

1
1
e + ek
(
+
)
k T ,l k T , R

kj is the stiffness coefficient of the "basic component" i

z is the lever arm
is the fraction of the stiffness Sj,ini/Sj

Simplified bi-linear design moment-rotation characteristic

The column base joints are classified as rigid, nominally pined or semi-rigid according
to its stiffness through the comparison of their rotational stiffness SJ,ini and the
boundaries given by EC3 part 1.8 which are:

Boundaries for stiffness clasification of beam to column joints

2. Input data of the connection

2.1. Data of Column

Type.............................................................
..... HEM260
Steel
grade............................................................
Fe510
Height...........................................................
........ 290 mm
Width............................................................
........ 268 mm

Web
thickness...........................................................
.. 18 mm
Flange
thickness........................................................
32.5 mm

2.2. Connection Details

Connection type........................................
Foundation Connection
Steel
grade............................................................
Fe510
Foundation Plate's
Length................................................ 550 mm
Foundation Plate's
Width................................................. 550 mm
Foundation Plate's
Thickness.............................................. 30 mm
Weld thickness
Af......................................................... 10 mm
Weld thickness
Aw.......................................................... 9 mm
+++++WARNING Weld's Thickness at Beam's Web is less than minimum
allowed....
Program took into account the min. allowed dimensions by
EC3............... 9 mm
Stiffeners Plate's
Length................................................ 550 mm
Stiffeners Plate's Width
(Height)........................................ 250 mm
Stiffeners Plate's
Thickness.............................................. 25 mm

2.3. Anchors

Anchors Type.....................................................
Hook Anchor
L1 (Node : -99 LC :
-99)................................................. 700 mm
L2 (Node : -99 LC :
-99)................................................. 200 mm
d................................................................
........ 300 mm
d0...............................................................
......... 38 mm
Anchors
Material.......................................................
Fe510

3. Strength Results - Node : -99 LC : -99

3.1. Applied Moments and Forces
Moment...........................................................
..... 334,00 KNm
Shear............................................................
..... 130,00 kN
Axial............................................................
... -1245,00 kN

3.2. Anchors Resistances

Anchor's Resistance in
Tension........................................ 299,84 kN
Anchors Minimum
Length................................................ 666,55 mm
Applied

Tension........................................................
30,38 kN
(Maximum Tension Force / Tension Strength) = (30,38 / 299,84) =
0,10 < 1.... O.K.
Anchors Resistance in
Shear.......................................... 1284,41 kN
Applied
Shear.........................................................
130,00 kN
(Applied shear / Min. Resistance) = (130,00 / 1284,41) = 0,10 <
1........... O.K.

3.3. Footing Plate's Resistances

Resist. of Footing Pl. in
Bearing..................................... 629,85 kN
(Applied shear / Strength of Plate in Shear) = (16,25 / 629,85) =
0,03 < 1.. O.K.
Kj...............................................................
....... 3,91
Fj...............................................................
..... 0,0695 kN/mm
C................................................................
...... 37,33 mm
Xcomp............................................................
...... 96,16 mm
Resistance of Concrete in
Compression............................... 10720,66 kN
Column's Resistance in
Compression................................... 1551,63 kN
Applied
Compression..................................................
1366,51 kN
(Applied Compression / Min. Resistance) = (1366,51 / 1551,63) =
0,88 < 1.... O.K.
Resistance of Footing Plate in
Tension/anch........................... 299,84 kN
(Maximum Tension Force / Tension Strength) = (30,38 / 299,84) =
0,10 < 1.... O.K.

3.4. Stiffener Plate's Resistances

Resistance of Stiffener Plate in
Moment................................ 81,52 KNm
(Msd / Mrd) = (7,90 / 81,52) = 0,10 <
1..................................... O.K.
Resistance of Stiffener Plate in
Tension............................. 1164,54 kN
(Applied shear / Strength of Plate in Shear) = (683,26 / 1164,54)
= 0,59 ... O.K.

3.5. Resistance of The Welds (M+N)

(Apllied Stress / Welds Resistance) = (0,04 / 0,36) = 0,10 <
1.............. O.K.

3.6. Resistance of The Welds (V)

(Apllied Stress / Welds Resistance) = (0,04 / 0,26) = 0,14 <
1.............. O.K.

4. Summary
4.1. Summary Table
Nodes
ConComp
-99
0,13

Loadcas
ColComp
-99
0,88

WeldStr
0,10

WeldStr
0,14

Maximum
StiMom
0,88
0,10

S_ElMo
StiShr
-0,59

S_ElSh
--

AnchTen

AnchShr

FPl_Be

FPl_Te

0,10

0,10

0,03

0,10

4.2. Legend
Maximum
S_ElMo
S_ElSh
AnchTen
AnchShr
FPl_Be
FPl_Te
ConComp
ColComp
StiMom
StiShr
WeldStr
WeldStr(V)

->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->
->

The Maximum ratio

Shear Element in Moment
Shear Element in Shear
Anchors Strength in Tension
Anchors Strength in Shear
Footing Plate's Strength in Bearing
Footing Plate's Strength in Tension
Concrete's Strength in Compression
Column's Strength in Compression
Stiffener's Strength in Moment
Stiffener's Strength in Shear
Sress in the Welds(Moment + Axial)
Sress in the Welds(Shear)