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SQUARE FOOTING SUPPORTING A STEEL COLUMN CONNECTED TO A BASE

PLATE

A reinforced concrete footing is supporting a base plate 230 mm x 285 mm x 25 mm which is

also supporting a steel column load of PD = 350 kN and PL = 450 Kn. Allowable soil pressure
qa = 200 kPa. Assume the base plate to be adequate.
Fy = 250 MPa for column fcˈ = 21 MPa
Fy = 400 Mpa for reinforcing bars

Properties of Steel column (W section)

d= 257 mm (depth) bf = 204 mm (width of flange)
tf =15.7 mm (thickness of flange) tw = 8.9 mm (thickness of web)

1. Determine the effective depth of the footing based on allowable beam shear
2. Determine the effective depth footing based on punching shear.
3. Determine the number of 16 mm Ø steel reinforcements required for the footing
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SOLUTION:

1. Effective depth of the footing based on allowable beam shear.

Ultimate soil pressure:

Pu
qu =
A

Pu = 1.2 (350) + 1. (450)

Pu = 1140 Kn
1140
qU =
2(2)

qU = 285 kPa
Shear force:
2000 (942.5−d)(285)
Vu =
(1000)2

Vu = 0.57 (942.5 – d) (285)

Vu
fu =
Ø bd
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0.57 (942.5−d)(1000)
0.17 λ √fcˈ =
0.75 (2000)d

0.00038 (942.5−d)(1000)
0.17 λ √21 =
d

d = 309.01 mm
d = say 310 mm

2. Effective depth of the footing based on punching shear.

Punching force:

Vu = Pu – 285 (0.115 + d) (0.271 + d) kN

Vp
Ⴎp =
Ø b0 d

Pu − 285 (0.115 d) (0.271 + d) kN

0.333 λ √fcˈ =
0.75 [ 2 (0.271 + 0.115 + d) ] d m2

[ 1140 − 285 (0.115 + d) (0.271 + d) 1000 kN

1.52 =
0.75 [ 2 (0.271 +d) + 2 ( 0.115 + d) ] d x 106 mm2

d = 0.392 m.
d = 392 mm say 400 mm
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3. Number of 16 mm Ø steel reinforcements required for the footing.

Design Moment:
0.9425
Mu = 285 (2) (0.9425) ( )
2

Mu = 253.17 kN.m
𝑓𝑦
Mu = Ø fcˈ bd2 (1 – 0.59 ρ )
𝑓𝑐 ˈ
400
253.17 X 106 = 0.9 (ρ) (400) (2000) (400)2 (1 – 0.59 p )
21

ρ= 0.002255 (Smaller value ρ)

1.4 1.4
ρmin = =
fy 400

ρmin = 0.0035

use ρ = 0.0035
As = ρ b d
As = 0.0035 (2000) (400)
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As = 2800 mm2
2800
N=𝜋 = 8.91 say N= 9
(20)2
4

Use 9 – 20 mm Ø bars