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Holding-down Bolt Design - Eurocode 3 - 2005

Material Strength Properties
fcu : 30 MPa
fu Bolt : 800 MPa
Bolt Grade : 8.8
Bolt fy : 640 MPa
Bolt fu : 800 MPa
fy Baseplate : 275 MPa
fu Baseplate : 435 MPa
fy Column : 275 MPa
fu Column : 435 MPa
tu Weld : 460 MPa

Column Section
H1 203x203x46

BasPlate Design Data:

Plate Shape : Rectangular
Height : 400 mm
Breadth : 400 mm
Thickness : 20 mm

Weld Properties
Size :6 mm Fillet Weld

Bolt Properties
Diameter : 20 mm
Achor Length : 400 mm
Compression not allowed in bolts

Bolt End Plate Properties

Bolt Resistance Forces

Bolt Netto Cross Section

0.75 . p. d 2
An =
4
0.75 ×p×20 2
=
4
= 235.619 mm2

Tension Resistance Table 3.4

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k 1. A n. f u
Tr =
Ym2. 1000
.9 ×235.62 ×800
=
1.25 ×1000
= 135.717 kN

Tension Resistance Concrete DD_CEN_TS_1992-4-2 6.2.5(1)

k cr . f ck. hef 1.5

NRk =
1000
7.7 × 30 ×400 1.5
=
1000
= 337.397 kN

6 . (A_end - A_bolt ). f ck. Yucr

NRk =
1000
6 ×(706.86 - 314.16 )×30 ×1
=
1000
= 70.686 kN

Shear Resistance Table 3

0.6 . An. f u
Vr =
Ym2. 1000
0.6 ×235.62 ×800
=
1.25 ×1000
= 90.478 kN

Shear Resistance 6.2.2 (7)

(0.44 - 0.0003 . f yb). f ub. As

Vr =
Ym2. 1000
(0.44 - 0.0003 ×640 )×800 ×235.62
=
1.25 ×1000
= 37.398 kN

Compression Resistance 13.3.1

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0.9 . An. f u
Cr =
1000
0.9 ×235.62 ×800
=
1000
= 169.646 kN

Find Effective Compression Area

Effective Distance from Edge of Section

f yp
cMax = tp.
2
3 . . f ck. Ym0
3
275
= 20 ×
2
3 × ×30 ×1
3
= 42.817 mm
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Calculation Sheet for Load Case : 1

Factored loads
P: -30 kN
Mz : 1 kNm
Vx : 3 kN
Mx : 1 kNm
Vz : 6 kN
Torsion : 0.001 kNm

Find Equilibruim
The actual number of Grid Point used for calculation is 1073
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Moment balancing
Sum Of Moments around X-axis = 0.0 kNm
Sum Of Moments around Y-axis = 0.0 kNm

Axial Force balancing

Sum Of Forces in Y-direction = 0.0 kN

The Shear Resistance in the Bolts Resists the Following Forces:

Forces in X-direction
Moments around Y-axis
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Calculating Factors of Safety in Critical Bolt

Tension in Bolts
Critical Bolt Tension

Tr
FOS =
Tension
135.72
=
11.164
= 12.157

Critical Bolt Pull-Out

Trc
FOS =
Tension
84.823
=
11.164
= 7.598

Shear in Bolts
Critical Bolt Shear

Vr
FOS =
Shear
90.478
=
1.6783
= 53.911

Shear and Tension combined in Bolts

The factor should be less than 1.0 for bolts in shear and tension

The bolt number 4 has the critical shear and tension combination

The tension in the bolt is: 11.16 kN

The shear in the bolt is: 1.68 kN

Tension and Shear Resistance Table 3

Shear Tension
f actor = +
Vr 1.4 . Tr
1.6783 11.164
= +
90.478 1.4 ×135.72
= 0.0773
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0.077 <= 1.0

OK

Converted to Factor of Safety relevant to 1

1.0
FOS =
f actor
1.0
=
.07731
= 12.935

Bolt BasePlate interaction

Resistance
FOS =
Force
193.57
=
11.164
= 17.339

Welds
Since unit values are used for the length and size of the weld, the capacity
of this layout is given in kN/mm
Design shear strength 4.4

fu
f vw.d =
3 . bw. gM2
435
=
3 ×.85667 ×1.25
= 234.534 MPa

Design resistance per unit length 4.3

f vw.d. a . Size
Fw.Rd =
1000
234.53 ×.707 ×6
=
1000
= 0.9949 kN/mm

Capacity of 6mm weld is 0.995kN/mm

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Resistance
FOS =
Force
.9949
=
.05155
= 19.300