Benchmark 50: Column base connection

Project file: Benchmark_(EC_EN_1993)_50.esa

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Introduction

This benchmark concerns the worked example under chapter 4.5 of the document: Steel column bases under biaxial loading conditions, Patricia Medeiros Amaral of Faculdade De Engenharia – Universidade Do Porto, 2014

A column (HEB 240 -S235) base loaded with normal force (-200 kN) and bending (50 kNm) is considered. The steel grade of the baseplate is also S235 and its thickness is 20mm. The concrete block size is 1500x1000x400 mm and its grade is C16/20. The connection between the base plate and the concrete is carried out through four threaded rods of steel grade 8.8 with 20 mm of diameter and an embedment of 250 mm. All dimension data can be found in the picture and table below:

Reference Results

The reference gives following results:

Baseplate under the left column flange

m 40,9 mm
Lb,min 100,94 mm
Leff,1-2 165 mm
FT,1-2,Rd 189,4 kN

 

Design tension resistance of anchor row

fub 830 MPa
As 220 mm²
k2 0,9
FT,Rd 131,5 kN

Since there are two anchors per row => FT,3,Rd= 2 x Ft,Rd = 2 x 131,5 = 263 kN
Finally, the T-stub in tension resistance is FT,Rd = min (FT,3,Rd; Ft,Rd) = 189,4 kN

Bearing width data

Ac0 145200 mm²
a2 840 mm
b2 730 mm
Ac1 613200 mm²
Bj 0,67
fcd 15,07 MPa
fj 20,642 MPa
c 39 mm

 

Fc,pl,Rd data

beff 94,9 mm
leff 330 mm
Aeff 30180 mm²
Fc,pl,Rd 622,9 kN

 

Fc,fb,Rd data

Mc,Rd 247,5 kNm
hc-tf 223 mm
Fc,fc,Rd 1109,7 kN

 

Mj,Rd data

FT,l,Rd 189,4 kN
zT,l 170 mm
FC,r,Rd 622,9 kN
zC,r 111,5 mm
z 281,5 mm
e 250 mm

My,Rd = 96,2kNm

Sj data

kT,l 1,607 mm
zT,l 170 mm
kC,r 10,881 mm
z 281,5 mm
ek,z 75,3 mm
e -250 mm
Sj,ini 33,334 MNm/rad

 

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