Soil density G 18.

0kN/m3 See instructions below

Only input values into blue coloured cells
Soil angle 30
Max pressure 400 kPa Pad+Tower+overburden weight 103.3kN 1.52m3 Updated 28 September 2000
Kp 3.00 66kNm Cylinder weight 0.0kN 67.5kN
breadth B 2.50m 0kNm 103.3kN
Height H 0.20m Pad horiz 16.5kN 0.0
length L 3.00m Pole horiz 0.0kN 0
Cylinder length H_2 0.00m Sliding resist 16.5kN
Fs
Cyl. Outside diameter D 0.76 FOS sliding FOS=1.50 0
Cyl. Wall thickness 10.0mm
Cylinder density 23.5kN/m3 15.1kN/m Overturning Mmt 68.23484181 Hm
386.2 kPa Resisting Moment 156.0798121 Fm
depth of overburden h_o 0.5 FOS overturning FOS=2.29
Tower weight 0.0kN Hs
Centroid of sail Hs 6.00m 400 kPa Total pressure Ground Level
Centroid of mast above GL Hm 0.00m p2 386 kPa H ho
Sail force Fs 11.0kN r_1 0.036 L
Mast force Fm 0.00kN Find "length" for a 0.200m H
Driving moment Md 73.7kNm FOS-bearing = 2.0 e 0.007m
pv
Deadload pressure pv 13.77 kPa L_2 2.793m
19.7 kPa M 148kNm L_2 e a p2
"Optimise" routine requires Excel's solver add-in to be installed. FOS bearing FOS=2.01 Pad not in
contact with
ground over
L_2, so zero
pressure here 1.8

Base width of pad

Optimise B,L for given H Optimise B,H for given L Optimise H,L for given B Optimise B,H,L
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