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LECTURE FOR PEDESTAL

Pedestal is an upright compression member with a ratio of unsupported height to average least
lateral dimension not exceeding 3. For a tapered member, the least lateral dimension is the
average of the top and bottom dimensions. Usually a pedestal is used to carry the loads from
metal columns through the floor and soil to the footing when the footing is at the same depth
below the ground surface. The purpose is to avoid possible corrosion of the metal from the soil.
When steel base plates are used, the reinforcement of the pedestal should terminate about 70
mm to 90 mm from the pedestal in order to minimize point loading on the base plate.

When the pedestal is designed as unreinforced member, the min. Column percent steel (4 to 8
bars) is arbitrarily added.

Min. As for both reinforced and unreinforced pedestal.

Min. As = 0.10 Ag
Ag = cross sectional area of concrete pedestal
Capacity of concrete pedestal:
Pu = Ø (0.85 fcˈ Ac + As fy)
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Min. steel ratio:

Ρmin = 0.01
Ac = net area of concrete in pedestal (for reinforced concrete pedestal)
A c = Ag – As
Ac = Ag – 0 for unreinforced concrete pedestal
As = area of reinforcing steel if designed as a reinforced column
fy = yield strength of rebar steel
Ø = 0.65 for tied column
Ø = 0.75 for spiral column
Ø = 0.60 for non-reinforced pedestal

Allowable Bearing Stresses

Case 1 When the base covers the concrete support (typically the base plate of a
pedestal is the same size as a pedestal)
Fp = 0.35 fc’

Case 2 When the base plate covers less than the supporting concrete surface
(typical for spread footings carrying steel columns fitted with a base plate)

𝑨
Fp = 0.35 fc’ √𝑨𝟐 ≤ 𝟎. 𝟕 𝒇𝒄 ′
𝟏

Where:
Fp = allowable concrete stress
A1 = area of base plate
A2 = area of supporting member, such as pedestal or area of footing

𝑨
Limits of √𝑨𝟐 = 𝟐
𝟏
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𝑨
Fp = 0.35 fc’ √𝑨𝟐
𝟏

P
Pp = 𝑨
𝟏

P 𝑨
= 0.35 fc’ √𝑨𝟐
𝑨𝟏 𝟏

P 𝑨
= A1 √𝑨𝟐
0.35 𝐟𝐜’ 𝟏

P 𝟐
(0.35 𝐟𝐜’ ) = A1 A2

𝑨
√𝑨𝟐 = 2
𝟏

A2 = 4 A 1

A2
A1 =
4

P 𝟐 A2
(0.35 𝐟𝐜’ ) = (A2)
4
P A
= 22
0.35 𝐟𝐜’

𝐏
A2 =
𝟎.𝟏𝟕𝟓 𝐟𝐜’

Trial area for pedestal

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Min. shear force to be resisted by anchor bolts:

Fv = 0.10 P
P = axial load carried by the pedestal
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SEATWORK

A wide flange column section carries a dead axial load of 800 kN and a live axial load of 625 kN.
Allowable bearing capacity of soil is 200 kPa. fCˈ = 24 MPa. For both column and bearing plate.
Fy = 250 MPa (A 36 steel)

Properties of wide Flange section:

d = 311 mm bf = 306 mm

size of base plate:

B = 330 mm
C = 335 mm
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1. Compute the size of the pedestal

2. Compute the thickness of the base plate
3. Compute the number of 25 mm Ø longitudinal bars required for the pedestal
4. Compute the number of 25 mm Ø anchor bolts to carry a minimum shear force.
Allowable shearing stress = 70 MPa