WORKED EXAMPLE 7.

2 Fixed Column Base

Calculate the design moment resistance MRd of the fixed column base. The column base is subject to the factored force FSd = 500 kN. The column cross-section is HE 200 B. The base plate thickness is 30 mm. The concrete foundation blosk dimensions are 1600 x 1600 x 1000 mm. The steel is Grade S235. The concrete is Grade C12/15. The material partial safety factors are M 0 = 1,15 and c =1,50 .
FSd HE 200 B m = 60 t = 30 30 h = 1000 MRd db= 160 M 24 1600 340 630

630 b= 340 1600

Figure 1WE7-2 _______________________________________________________________________________ Tension part The tension resistance of two anchor bolts M 24 (net section As = 353 mm) is

F2 s .Rd = 2Fs .Rd = 2 f yb As / Mb = 2 235 353 / 1,45 = 114 10 3 N .

The resistance of the base plate in bending loaded by the force is
Fp.Rd = W el f y m M0 = b t 2 fy 6 m M0 = 340 30 2 235 = 137 ,7 10 3 N > F2 s .Rd . 6 60 1,15

Compressed part
1 600 a= 340 ar = 630 b r = 630

b 1 = 1 340

b= 340

1 600

a 1 = 1 340

Figure 2WE7-2
For the effective cross section of the foundation block is

a + 2 a r = 340 + 2 * 630 = 1 600 5 a = 5 340 = 1 700 a1 = min = 1 340 mm , a + h = 340 + 1 000 = 1 340 5 b1 = 5 1600 = 8 000

and from symmetry a1 = b1. The the stress concentration factor is

kj = a1 b1 13 40 1 340 = = 3,94 . a b 340 340

The bearing strength of the concrete under the base plate is

fj =

0,67 k j f ck

0,67 3 ,94 12,0 = 21,1 MPa 1,50

The effective area of the concrete in compression is calculated based on the force equilibrium:
FSd = Aeff f j F2 s .Rd , Aeff = FSd + F2.Rd 500 10 3 + 114 10 3 = = 29 100 mm 2 . fj 21,1

The rigid plate of effective width c, see Fig. 5.19.3 surrounding the column section, replaces the flexible plate c = 56, 4
c =t fy 3 f j M0 = 30 235 = 56 ,4 mm . 3 21,1 1,05

The width of effective area is

beff = 29 100 = 93 ,0 mm 200 + 2 56 ,4

56,4

200

56,4 beff

Figure 3WE7-2
The concrete lever arm is
d c = hc / 2 + c beff 93 ,0 = 100 + 56 ,4 = 109 ,9 mm . 2 2

F Sd db dc

F2s.Rd

Aeff f j

Figure 4WE7-2

The base plate bending resistance is

M Rd = F2 s .Rd d b + Aeff f j d c =
= 114 10 3 140 + 29 100 21,1 109 ,9 = 83 ,4 10 6 Nmm = 83 ,4 kNm .

The column base transfer under axial force 500 kN the bending moment 83,4 kNm.

_______________________________________________________________________________ Notes: 1) The column normal force resistance is

N pl .Rd = A f y / M 0 = 14 910 235 / 1,15 = 3 047 10 3 N .

The column bending resistance is

M pl .Rd = W pl f y / M 0 = 1 869 10 3 235 / 1,15 = 382 10 6 Nmm .

The interaction of the normal force and bending moment:

M Sd / M pl .Rd + N Sd / N pl .Rd = 85 ,7 / 131,3 + 500 / 1 596 = 0 ,97 < 1,00

The column cross-section resistance is higher compare to the column base resistance. 2) The column base resistance is compared to the column resistance for the different base plate thickness in Fig. 5WE7-2 For plate P 30 are shown the major points of the diagram, e.g. the pure compression, the highest bending resistance (the point of the coincidence of the neutral axis and the axis of symmetry of the cross section), the pure bending, and the pure tension. 1234
Normal force, kN NSd HE 200 B t= 40 1 1 596 2 1 000 3 4 0 4 3 30 25 20 15 M pl.Rd Npl.Rd 1 600 340 630 2 Column resistance 630 340 100 131,3 Moment, kNm 1 600 t= 30 h = 1 000 M 24 M

Sd

Figure 5WE7-2 The column base resistance for the different base plate thickness Prepared based on [Wald et al, 2001]. 3