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DESIGN OF ANCHOR BOLT

PROJECT :-
LOCATION :-

BIDDING ENTITY:- M/s. CHINT SOLAR

CLIENT:
M/s.

DOCUMENT NO. DOCUMENT TITLE Rev 0

STRING SIZING CALCULATION Date: 30/Jun/2021

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1 Anchor bolt design 2

PURPOSE

To analyse and design the anchor bolt as per the tensile and shear strength

REFERENCES
(1) Pvsyst report for the project configuration
(2) Module Data sheets

(3) Inverter Data sheets

 DESIGN OF ANCHOR BOLT

Design uplift force = 250 kN

Design shear force = 150 kN
No. of bolts = 4
Grade of bolts = 36
Diameter of anchor bolts = 30 mm
Ultimate tensile strength of bolts,futa = 400 N/mm2 < 1737.36 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.1.2)
< 861.844 N/mm2
Yield strength of the bolts, fya = 914.4 N/mm2
Compressive strength of concrete, f'c = 25 N/mm2
Load per bolt = 62.5 kN
Shear on each bolt = 75 kN
Effective cross-sectional area of anchor bolt, Ase= 707 mm2
λa = 1 (normalweight concrete) (ACI 318-19, Table 25.4.2.5)
1. Check for tensile strength
Nominal steel strength of anchor in tension, Nsa = Ase*futa (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.1.2)
= 212057.5 N
= 212.06 kN 62.5 kN OK
Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.75 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))
2. Check for pull-out strength

Bearing area, Abrg = 584.51 mm

2
(Table 3.2, AISC design guide-1)
For cast-in headed studs and bolts, Np = 8*Abrg*f'c (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.3.2.2)
= 116902 N
= 116.902 kN
Pull out cracking factor, Ψc,p = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.3.3.1)
Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.70 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(c))
Pull out strength of anchor, Npn = Ψc,p*Np
= 81.83 kN > 62.5 kN OK

3. Concrete break out strength of anchors

Pedestal plan size = 260100 mm2

hef = 350 mm
1.5hef = 525
Distance of anchor from the concrete edge, c a1= 130 mm > 180 CHECK (ACI 318-19, Table 17.9.2(a))
Distance of anchor from the concrete edge, c a2= 130 mm > 180 CHECK (ACI 318-19, Table 17.9.2(a))
Spacing between anchors, s = 250 mm > 180 OK (ACI 318-19, Table 17.9.2(a))
< 1050 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.5.1.3.1) (Anchors will act as a group)
Modified hef = 87 mm (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.1.2)
1.5hef = 130 mm
Area of the single anchor, ANco = 67600 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.1.4)

Total projected area for an anchor group,

ANc = 260100 mm2 (ACI 318-19, Fig. R17.6.2.1)
Concrete breakout strength of a single anchor in
tension in cracked concrete, Nb = kc*λa*√f'c*hef^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.2.1)
= 96818.73 N
Modification factor, Ψec,N = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.3.1)
As ca < 1.5hef,
Modification factor, Ψed,N = 0.7 + 0.3*(ca,min/1.5hef) (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.4.1b)
= 1

Modification factor, Ψc,N = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.5.1)

Modification factor, Ψcp,N = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.6.2)

Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.70 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(b))

Concrete breakout strength in tension,

Ncbg = (ANc/ANco)*Ψec,N*Ψed,N*Ψc,N*Ψcp,N*Nb
= 260.7661 kN > 250 kN OK

4. Concrete side face blow out strength

For multiple headed anchor (hef>2.5ca1 and s<6ca1) OK

Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.75 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))
Nsb = 160*ca1*√Abrg*λa*√f'c (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.4.1)
= 2514370.7 N
= 2514.3707 kN

Nsbg = (1+(s/6*ca1))*Nsb (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.4.2)

= 1743.1359 kN > 250 kN OK

5. Check for shear strength

Strength reduction for shear = 0.65 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))

Nominal steel strength of anchor in tension, Nsa = 0.6*Ase,V*futa (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.1.2(b))
= 88201.6 N
= 88.20 kN > 75 kN OK

Design of shear lug

Strength reduction for shear = 0.65 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))
Shear lug embedment depth and grout thickness = 150 mm
Ultimate bearing strength of concrete in contact with the lug = 0.8*f'c*Al
Al = 7500 mm2
Assuming the base plate and shear lug width = 150 mm
Required embedded depth, d = 50 mm
Thickness of grout = 25 mm
Shear lug embedment depth excluding grout thickness,h sl = 75 mm
Anchor distance to shear lug distance in shear, c sl = 125 mm
ha = 510 mm
Check if:
hef/hsl = 4.6666667 >= 2.5 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.11.1.1.8)
hef/csl = 2.8 >= 2.5 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.11.1.1.8)

Width of shear lug,bsl = 150 mm

Thickness of shear lug, tsl = 25 mm
Shear lug effective height, hef,sl = 125 mm
Shear lug effective area, Aef,sl = 18750 mm2
Shear lug edge distance, c1 = 180 mm OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.2)
Shear lug edge distance, c2 = 180 mm OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.2)
6. Check for concrete breakout strength
Projected area, Avc1 =[1.5ca1+bsl+1.5ca1)*(hef,sl+1.5ca1)]-Aef,sl
= 253800 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.11.3.1.1)
Maximum projected area for the single anchor, Avco = 145800 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.3)
Projected area of anchor group failure surface, Avc = 253800 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.1)

Single anchor breakout strength,Vb = 9*λa*√f'c*ca1^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1b)

108.67 kN
Eccentricity Modification factor, Ψec,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.3.1)
As the shear parallel to the edge,
Edge Modification factor, Ψed,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.(c))
Concrete cracking Modification factor, Ψc,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.5.1)
Concrete breakout thickness factor, Ψh,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.6.1)
Strength reduction for shear = 0.7 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(b))
For shear parallel to an edge, Vcbg shall be permitted to be twice the value of the shear perpendicular to the edge
Concrete breakout strength in shear,
Vcb = 2*(AVc/AVco)*Ψec,V*Ψed,V*Ψc,V*Ψh,V*Vb (ACI 318-19, CL.17.11.3.2)
= 172.15 kN > 150 kN OK

7. Check for bearing strength of concrete

Bearing strength in shear, Vbrg,sl = 1.7*f'c*Aef,sl*Ψbrg,sl (ACI 318-19, CL.17.11.2.1)

= 365.31 kN > 150 kN OK

8. Check for shear and tension interaction

Check :
Vua/ϕVn = 0.85 > 0.2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.8.3)
Nua/ϕNn = 0.29 > 0.2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.8.3)

(Nua/ϕNn) + (Vua/ϕVn) = 1.15 < 1.2 OK

 DESIGN OF ANCHOR BOLT

Design uplift force = 250 kN

Design shear force = 150 kN
No. of bolts = 4
Grade of bolts = 36
Diameter of anchor bolts = 30 mm
Ultimate tensile strength of bolts,futa = 400 N/mm2 < 1737.36 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.1.2)
< 861.844 N/mm2
Yield strength of the bolts, fya = 914.4 N/mm2
Compressive strength of concrete, f'c = 25 N/mm2
Load per bolt = 62.5 kN
Shear on each bolt = 37.5 kN
Effective cross-sectional area of anchor bolt, Ase= 707 mm2
λa = 1 (normalweight concrete) (ACI 318-19, Table 25.4.2.5)
Reinforcement details of the pedestal = 25 mm vertical dia bar with 12 mm tie bar @150 mm c/c
1. Check for tensile strength
Nominal steel strength of anchor in tension, Nsa = Ase*futa (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.1.2)
= 212057.504 N
= 212.06 kN > 62.5 kN OK
Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.75 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))
2. Check for pull-out strength

Bearing area, Abrg = 1445.558 mm

2
(Table 3.2, AISC design guide-1)
For cast-in headed studs and bolts, Np = 8*Abrg*f'c (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.3.2.2)
= 289111.6 N
= 289.1116 kN
Pull out cracking factor, Ψc,p = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.3.3.1)
Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.70 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(c))
Pull out strength of anchor, Npn = Ψc,p*Np
= 202.38 kN > 62.5 kN OK

3. Concrete break out strength of anchors

Pedestal plan size = 313600 mm2

hef = 480 mm
1.5hef = 720 mm

Distance of anchor from the concrete edge, ca1= 185 mm > 180 OK (ACI 318-19, Table 17.9.2(a))
Distance of anchor from the concrete edge, ca2= 185 mm > 180 OK (ACI 318-19, Table 17.9.2(a))
Spacing between anchors, s = 185 mm > 180 OK (ACI 318-19, Table 17.9.2(a))
< 1440 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.5.1.3.1) (Anchors will act as a group)
Modified hef = 123 mm (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.1.2)
1.5hef = 720 mm
Area of the single anchor, ANco = 136900 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.1.4)

Total projected area for an anchor group,

ANc = 1188100 mm 2
(ACI 318-19, Fig. R17.6.2.1)
Concrete breakout strength of a single anchor in
tension in cracked concrete, Nb = kc*λa*√f'c*hef^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.2.1)
= 164362.202 N
Modification factor, Ψec,N = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.3.1)
As ca < 1.5hef,
Modification factor, Ψed,N = 0.7 + 0.3*(ca,min/1.5hef) (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.4.1b)
= 0.77708333

Modification factor, Ψc,N = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.5.1)

Modification factor, Ψcp,N = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.2.6.2)

Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.70 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(b))

Concrete breakout strength in tension,

Ncbg = (ANc/ANco)*Ψec,N*Ψed,N*Ψc,N*Ψcp,N*Nb
= 775.92 kN > 250 kN OK

4. Concrete side face blow out strength

For multiple headed anchor (hef>2.5ca1 and s<6ca1) OK

Strength reduction factor, ϕ = 0.75 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))

Nsb = 160*ca1*√Abrg*λa*√f'c (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.4.1)
= 5627033.18 N
= 5627.03 kN

Nsbg = (1+(s/6*ca1))*Nsb (ACI 318-19, CL.17.6.4.2)

= 3446.56 kN > 250 kN OK
5. Check for shear strength

Strength reduction for shear = 0.65 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(a))

Nominal steel strength of anchor in tension, Nsa = 0.6*Ase,V*futa (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.1.2(b))
= 88201.5975 N
= 88.20 kN > 75 kN OK

6. Check for concrete pryout strength of anchors in shear

Strength reduction for shear = 0.7 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(c))
kcp = 2.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.3.1)
Nominal pryout strength of concrete,Vcpg = kcp*Ncpg (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.3.1.2)
= 706.09 kN > 150 kN OK

7. Check for concrete breakout strength of anchors in shear

Case 1: All bolts resist Vua evenly

ha = 560 mm
Maximum projected area for the single anchor, Avco = 154012.5 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.3)
Total projected area of the anchor group, Avc = (ca2+s+ca2)*1.5ca1
= 154012.5 mm2 < 616050 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.1)
Load-bearing length of the anchor for shear,le = 240 mm (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1)
Basic single anchor breakout strength = 7*(le/da)^0.2*√da)*λa*√f'c*(ca1)^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1a)
= 731146.258 N
Single anchor breakout strength = 9*λa*√f'c*ca1^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1b)
= 113232.242 N
Vb = 113232.242 N (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1)

Eccentric Modification factor, Ψec,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.3.1)

As ca2 < 1.5ca1,
Edge Modification factor, Ψed,V = 0.7 + 0.3*(ca2/1.5ca1) (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.4.1b)
= 0.9
Concrete cracking Modification factor, Ψc,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.5.1)
Thickness Modification factor, Ψh,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.6.1)
Strength reduction for shear = 0.75 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(B))
Concrete breakout strength in shear,
Vcbg = (AVc/AVco)*Ψec,V*Ψed,V*Ψc,V*Ψh,V*Vb
= 49.68 kN > 75 kN CHECK
As the factored shear strength exceeds the concrete breakout strength, anchor reinforcement in shear is provided.
Column base plate anchor holes are usually oversized. For this condition, designer to assume the two anchors closest to theACI 318 permits the edge in the
direction of the shear force resist 1/2 the wind force, while the rear anchors are assumed not to be critical (Case 1)

The lateral shear force is transferred from the anchors to the reinforcement by struts

Shear per anchor = 37.5 kN

Strut α = 45°
Diameter of tie = 12 mm
Tension in pedestal tie = 37.5 kN
Tie area = 0.4 mm2
Number of 8 mm tie = 0.003909
= 2 nos. (ACI 318-19, CL.10.7.6.1.6)

Provide 25 mm vertical bars with 2-12 mm diamond ties in the top 127 mm. (ACI 318-19, CL.10.7.6.1.6)

Case 2: Two farthest bolts from edge resist Vua

The anchors furthest from the edge are subjected to 100% of the anchor force

Maximum projected area for the single anchor, Avco = 154012.5 mm2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.3)
Total projected area of the anchor group, Avc = (ca2+s+ca2)*1.5ca1
= 308025 mm2 < 616050 OK (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.1.1)
Load-bearing length of the anchor for shear,le = 240 mm (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1)
Basic single anchor breakout strength = 7*(le/da)^0.2*√da)*λa*√f'c*(ca1)^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1a)
= 731146.258 N
Single anchor breakout strength = 9*λa*√f'c*ca1^1.5 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1b)
= 113232.242 N
Vb = 113232.242 N (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.2.1)

Eccentric Modification factor, Ψec,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.3.1)

As ca2 < 1.5ca1,
Edge Modification factor, Ψed,V = 0.7 + 0.3*(ca2/1.5ca1) (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.4.1b)
= 0.8
Concrete cracking Modification factor, Ψc,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.5.1)
Thickness Modification factor, Ψh,V = 1.0 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.7.2.6.1)
Strength reduction for shear = 0.75 (ACI 318-19, Table 17.5.3(B))
Concrete breakout strength in shear,
Vcbg = (AVc/AVco)*Ψec,V*Ψed,V*Ψc,V*Ψh,V*Vb
= 135.88 kN > 150 kN CHECK

As the factored shear strength exceeds the concrete breakout strength, anchor reinforcement in shear is provided.
Column base plate anchor holes are usually oversized. For this condition, designer to assume the two anchors closest to theACI 318 permits the edge in the
direction of the shear force resist 1/2 the wind force, while the rear anchors are assumed not to be critical (Case 1)

The lateral shear force is transferred from the anchors to the reinforcement by struts

Shear per anchor = 37.5 kN

Strut α = 45°
Diameter of tie = 12 mm
Tension in pedestal tie = 37.5 kN
Tie area = 0.4 mm2
Number of 8 mm tie = 0.003909
= 2 nos. (ACI 318-19, CL.10.7.6.1.6)

Provide 25 mm vertical bars with 2-12 mm diamond ties in the top 127 mm. (ACI 318-19, CL.10.7.6.1.6)

8. Check for shear and tension interaction

Check :
Vua/ϕVn = 0.85 > 0.2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.8.3)
Nua/ϕNn = 0.29 > 0.2 (ACI 318-19, CL.17.8.3)
(Nua/ϕNn) + (Vua/ϕVn) = 1.15 < 1.2 OK
 DESIGN OF ANCHOR BOLT

Design uplift force = 250 kN

No. of bolts = 4
Grade of bolts = 8.8
Ultimate tensile strength of bolts,f ub = 800 N/mm2
Yield strength of the bolts = 640 N/mm2

Load per bolt = 62.5 kN

= 62500 N

Design tensile capacity of bolt = 0.9*fub*As/ꝩ2

As= 108.51 mm2 OK
Adopt 16 mm diameter bolt of tensile area 157 mm2