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DESIGN OF BASE PLATES

The design of column base plates requires consideration of bearing pressure on the supporting material
and bending of the plate. A major difference is that bending in beam bearing plates is in one direction,
whereas column base plates are subjected to two-way bending.

Column base plates can be categorized as large or small, where small plates are those whose
dimensions are approximately the same as the column dimensions. Furthermore, small plates behave
differently when lightly loaded than when they are more heavily loaded.

Column base plates are used as a steel-concrete interface between steel columns and their
foundations. Their main function is to transmit the structural stresses to the concrete footing surface
and to link the column's bottom end to the footing.

Side view top view

LIMIT STATE OF DESIGN OF BASE PLATE

1. Bearing stress failure on support/ pedestal


2. Bending stress failure on base plate
DETERMINING NOMINAL STRENGTH (Pp)

a. Based on bearing pressure on support.


Under NSCP code
1. If the bearing plate covers the full area support, nominal strength should be solved as

𝑃𝑃 = 0.85 𝑓𝑐 ′ 𝐴1
WHERE:
fc’ = 28th day compressive strength of the concrete
A1 = contact bearing area between bearing plate and support (B x N)

2. If bearing plate does not cover the full area of support.

𝐴2
𝑃𝑃 = 0.85 𝑓𝑐 ′ 𝐴1 (√ ) ≤ 1.7 𝑓𝑐 ′ 𝐴1
𝐴1

WHERE:
fc’ = 28th day compressive strength of the concrete
A1 = contact bearing area between bearing plate and support (B x N)
A2 = largest concentric area on support that is geometrically similar to A1

Note: ∅ = 0.65 & Ω = 2.31 under NSCP general provision for bearing

b. Based on bending stress on plate


Under NSCP code

Where:
t = thickness of the base plate
B,N = dimensions of the base plate
l = largest of (m, n or n’)
Fy = yield strength of base plate
For more heavily loaded base plates (the boundary between lightly loaded and heavily loaded
plates is not well defined), Thornton (1990a) proposed an analysis based on two-way bending of
the portion of the plate between the web and the flanges. As shown in Figure 5.43, this plate
segment is assumed to be fixed at the web, simply supported at the flanges, and free at the
other edge. The required thickness is
Example:
1. Determine the design strength capacity of a 38 mm thick A36 steel of 400 x 540 mm base
plate. Concrete pedestal is 600 x 600 mm and fc’ = 27 mPa. The column is made up of W14 x
82 with d= 363.5 mm and bf = 257.3 mm.

figure 01

TRY THIS!

2. A column W10 x 49 is resting on an A36 steel base plate of dimension PL 13 x 13 x 0.9.


Compute the total service load that could be safely applied to the system if the ratio of
deadload is twice of the liveload. Consider only limit state on base plate. The column
pedestal is 18” x 18”. Use fc’ = 3000 psi

PLATE 6: DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF COLUMN BASE PLATE

01: A W10 x 49 is used as a column and is support by a concrete pier as shown in the figure. The top
surface of the pier is 18 inches by 18 inches. Design an A36 base plate for a column deadload of 98 + X
kips and live load of 145+ X kips. The concrete strength in 28 days is 3000 psi. (X = last two digit of your
student number)

02: Design the most economical A36 steel base plate to resist a column W14 x 500 given that:

fc’ = 27 Mpa, concrete pedestal is 700 x 700 mm , deadload = 1300 + Y kN and live load = 1900+Y kN.
The base plate is not resting on full area of concrete pedestal. (Y = last three digit of your student
number)

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