CONCRETE CONE FAILURE CHECK FOR SQUARE BASE PLATES (ACI)

Uplift force = 311.72 KN

Eccentricity of the uplift force to the anchor bolt = 150 mm
Size of Base Plate = 400 * 400 mm
Diameter of bolts ( d ) = 24 mm
fck = 20 N/mm2

edge distance ( c ) = 50 mm
Ccr,N = edge distance for ensuring the transmission of the characteristic resistance of a single anchor
without spacing and edge effects in case of concrete cone failure.
Ccr,N = 50 mm

Effective anchorage depth (hef) = = 300 mm

Spacing between anchor bolts ( s ) = 300 mm

Scr,N = spacing for ensuring the transmission of the characteristic resistance of a single anchor
without spacing and edge effects in case of concrete cone failure.
Scr,N = 3 * hef = 900 mm

Concrete = Case 1 Case 1 : if cracked k1 = 7.2

Case 2 : if non- cracked k1 =10.1
k1 = 7.2

NoRK,C = The initial value of the characteristic resistance of an anchor placed in cracked or
non-cracked concrete.
N RK,C = k1 *( √(fck) ) * (hef)1.5
o

NoRK,C = 167.3129 KN

Aoc,N = Area of concrete of an individual anchor with the large spacing and edge distance at
the concrete surface
o
A c,N = Scr,N*Scr,N
Aoc,N = 810000 mm2

Ac,N = Actual area of concrete cone of the anchorage at the concrete surface
Ac,N = ( c + s + 0.5*Scr,N)*( c + s + 0.5*Scr,N)
Ac,N = 640000 mm2

yS,N = The factor yS,N takes account of the disturbance of the distribution of stresses in the
concrete due to edges of the concrete member.

yS,N = 0.7+(0.3*c/Ccr,N) = 0.733333 OK

yre,N = The shell spalling factor, yre,N , takes account of the effect of a reinforcement

If in the area of the anchorage there is a reinforcement with a spacing >= 150 mm (any diameter) or with
a diameter <= 10 mm and a spacing >= 100 mm then a shell spalling factor of yre,N = 1.0 may be applied

yre,N = 0.5+ ( hef/200) = 1 OK

yec,N = The factor of yec,N takes account of a group effect when different tension loads are acting
on the individual anchors of a group.
yec,N = 1
= 0.75 OK
(1 + 2*eN/Scr,N)

The characteristic resistance of an anchor or a group of anchors, in case of concrete cone failiure is:

NoRK,C * Ac,N * yS,N * yre,N * yec,N

NRK,C = = 72.70881 KN NOT OK
Aoc,N
CONCRETE CONE FAILURE CHECK FOR SQUARE BASE PLATES ( ACI CODE )

Uplift force = 38 KN
Eccentricity of the uplift force to the anchor bolt = 100 mm
Size of Base Plate = 300 * 300
Diameter of bolts ( d ) = 20 mm
fck = 20 N/mm2

edge distance in x-direction ( cx ) = 50 mm

edge distance in y-direction ( cy ) = 50 mm
Ccr,N = edge distance for ensuring the transmission of the characteristic resistance of a single anchor
without spacing and edge effects in case of concrete cone failure.
Ccr,N = 50 mm

Effective anchorage depth (hef) = = 350 mm

Spacing between anchor bolts in x-direction ( sx ) = 200 mm
Spacing between anchor bolts in x-direction ( sy ) = 200 mm
Scr,N = spacing for ensuring the transmission of the characteristic resistance of a single anchor
without spacing and edge effects in case of concrete cone failure.
Scr,N = 3 * hef = 1050 mm

Concrete = Case 1 Case 1 : if cracked k1 = 7.2

Case 2 : if non- cracked k1 =10.1
k1 = 7.2

NoRK,C = The initial value of the characteristic resistance of an anchor placed in cracked or
non-cracked concrete.
N RK,C = k1 *( √(fck) ) * (hef)1.5
o

NoRK,C = 210.8383 KN

Aoc,N = Area of concrete of an individual anchor with the large spacing and edge distance at
the concrete surface
o
A c,N = Scr,N*Scr,N
Aoc,N = 1102500 mm2

Ac,N = Actual area of concrete cone of the anchorage at the concrete surface
Ac,N = ( c + s + 0.5*Scr,N)*( c + s + 0.5*Scr,N)
Ac,N = 600625 mm2

yS,N = The factor yS,N takes account of the disturbance of the distribution of stresses in the
concrete due to edges of the concrete member.

yS,N = 0.7+(0.3*c/Ccr,N) = 1 OK
yre,N = The shell spalling factor, yre,N , takes account of the effect of a reinforcement

If in the area of the anchorage there is a reinforcement with a spacing >= 150 mm (any diameter) or with
a diameter <= 10 mm and a spacing >= 100 mm then a shell spalling factor of yre,N = 1.0 may be applied

yre,N = 0.5+ ( hef/200) = 1 OK

yec,N = The factor of yec,N takes account of a group effect when different tension loads are acting
on the individual anchors of a group.
yec,N = 1
= 0.84 OK
(1 + 2*eN/Scr,N)

The characteristic resistance of an anchor or a group of anchors, in case of concrete cone failiure is:

NoRK,C * Ac,N * yS,N * yre,N * yec,N

NRK,C = = 96.48363 KN OK
Aoc,N
 mm

a single anchor

cracked k1 = 7.2
non- cracked k1 =10.1
 iameter) or with
may be applied
CONCRETE CONE FAILURE CHECK FOR SQUARE BASE PLATES ( CCD METHOD)

AN * y1 * y2 * Nu0
Nu =
AN0

where,
Nu = The concrete capacity
Nuo = The concrete cone failure load of a single anchor in uncracked concrete, unaffected by
edge influences or overlapping cones of neighbouring anchors loaded in tension.
AN = Actual projected area at the concrete surface assuming the failure surface of the
individual anchors as a pyramid with a base length, S cr
AN0 = Projected area of one anchor at the concrete surface unlimited by edge influences or
neighbouring anchors, idealising the failure cone as a pyramid with a base length , Scr
y1 = Factor taking into accoutn the eccentricity of the resultant tensile force on tensioned
anchor bolts; in the case where eccentric loading exists about two axes, y1 shall be
computed for each axis individually and the product of the facors used as y1
e'N = distance between the resultant tensile force of tensioned anchor bolts of a group and
the centroid of tensioned anchor bolts,
e'V = distance between the resultant shear force of the group of fasteners resisting shear and
centroid of sheared fasteners
y2 = tuning factor of consider disturbance of the radial symmetric stress distribution
caused by an edge, valid for anchor located away from edges,
c= distance from centre of anchor bolt to edge of concrete
s= distance between anchor bolts

Uplift force ( Tu ) = 150 KN

Shear Force (Vu) = 420 KN
Eccentricity of the uplift force to the anchor bolt (e' N) = 0 mm
Eccentricity of the shear force to the anchor bolt (e' V) = 0 mm
Size of Base Plate = 400 * 400
Number of bolts = 8
Diameter of bolts ( d ) = 24 mm
Core Area of bolt (An) = 0.78*Area of bolt = 352.86369 mm2
Diameter of hole ( dh ) = 26 mm
fck = 20 N/mm2
fy = 240 N/mm2
fub = 420 N/mm2
Effective anchorage depth (hef) = = 300 mm
c1 = 50 mm C<=1.5*hef
c2 = 50 mm C<=1.5*hef
s = 300 mm S<=3*hef

TENSILE CAPACITY CHECK

Nuo = k * sqrt(fck)*(heff)1.5
where, k= 13.5 for post-installed fasteners
k= 15.5 for cast in-situ headed studs anchor bolts
so,
k = 15.5
So,
Nuo = 360.18745 KN

AN = (c+s+1.5*heff)^2
AN = 640000 mm2

AN0 = (2*1.5*heff)*(2*1.5*heff)=9*(heff)2
AN0 = 810000 mm2

y1 = 1/(1+e'N/(3*hef))
y1 = 1 OK

y2 = 1 if c>=1.5*hef
y2 = (0.7+((0.3*c)/(1.5*hef))) if c>=1.5*hef

y2 = 0.7333333

Now, Tensile capacity of concrete

Nu = 208.70121 KN
Assuming the concrete has cracked
Nu = 0.7* Nu = 146.09084 KN NOT OK
Tensile capacity of 1 bolts = 0.9*fub*As/gm = 106.70598 KN
Tensile capacity of all bolts = 853.64783 KN OK

SHEAR CAPACITY OF CHECK

The shear load capacity ( Vu )
Av*y4*y5*Vuo
Vu =
Avo

AV0 = 1.5*c1*(2*1.5*c1) = 4.5*c12

AV0 = 11250 mm2
Now,
c1 = 50
c2 = 50
s = 300
hef = 300 c2<=1.5*c1
AV = 1.5*c1*((1.5*c1)+c2)
AV = 18750 mm2

y4 = 1/(1+e'V/(3*c1))
y4 = 1 OK

y5 = 1 if c2>=1.5*c1
y5 = (0.7+((0.3*c2)/(1.5*c1))) if c2<=1.5*c1

y5 = 0.9

Vuo = ( l / d )0.2*sqrt(d)*sqrt(fck)*( c ) 1.5

where,
l = activated load bearing length of fastener in mm <= 8*d
= hef for fasteners with constant overall stiffness, such as headed studs, undercut anchors
and torque-controlled expansion anchors, where there is no distance sleeve
= 2d for torque-controlled expansion anchors with distance sleeve separated from the
expansion sleeve
d = diameter of anchor bolt in mm
c = edge distance in loading direction in mm

l = 300 mm
d = 24 mm
c1 = 50 mm
Vuo = 188.66203 KN
 Av*y4*y5*Vuo
Vu = = 282.99305 KN
Avo
Assuming the concrete will crack
Shear capacity of concrete = 0.7*Vu = 198.09513 KN NOT OK

Since, the threads of the bolts are at the bottom of the bots and as the embedement length is long
we can assume that the threads of the bolts are not in the shear plane of the base plate.
So,
nn = 0 (for 1 bolt )
ns = 1 (for 1 bolt )
Asb = 352.86369
Anb = 275.23368
Shear capacity of bolts = fub*(nn*Anb+ns*Asb)/(gmb*sqrt(3)) = 68.451917 KN OK

CHECK FOR COMBINED TENSION AND SHEAR

Tu/Nu = 1.0267584 NOT OK

V/Vu = 2.1201934 NOT OK

(Tu/Nu) + (V/Vu) = 3.1469518 NOT OK

(Tu/Nu)1.5 + (V/Vu)1.5 = 4.127594 NOT OK

Unsafe
mm
C<=1.5*hef
C<=1.5*hef
CONCRETE CONE FAILURE CHECK FOR SQUARE BASE PLATES ( CCD METHOD )

Uplift force = 300 KN

Eccentricity of the uplift force to the anchor bolt = 0 mm
Size of Base Plate = 300 * 300
Diameter of bolts ( d ) = 20 mm
fck = 20 N/mm2

edge distance in x-direction ( cx ) = 50 mm

edge distance in y-direction ( cy ) = 50 mm
Ccr,N = edge distance for ensuring the transmission of the characteristic resistance of a single anchor
without spacing and edge effects in case of concrete cone failure.
Ccr,N = 50 mm

Effective anchorage depth (hef) = = 350 mm

Spacing between anchor bolts in x-direction ( sx ) = 200 mm
Spacing between anchor bolts in x-direction ( sy ) = 200 mm
Scr,N = spacing for ensuring the transmission of the characteristic resistance of a single anchor
without spacing and edge effects in case of concrete cone failure.
Scr,N = 3 * hef = 1050 mm

Concrete = Case 1 Case 1 : if cracked k1 = 7.2

Case 2 : if non- cracked k1 =10.1
k1 = 7.2

NoRK,C = The initial value of the characteristic resistance of an anchor placed in cracked or
non-cracked concrete.
N RK,C = k1 *( √(fck) ) * (hef)1.5
o

NoRK,C = 210.8383 KN

Aoc,N = Area of concrete of an individual anchor with the large spacing and edge distance at
the concrete surface
o
A c,N = Scr,N*Scr,N
Aoc,N = 1102500 mm2

Ac,N = Actual area of concrete cone of the anchorage at the concrete surface
Ac,N = ( c + s + 0.5*Scr,N)*( c + s + 0.5*Scr,N)
Ac,N = 600625 mm2

yS,N = The factor yS,N takes account of the disturbance of the distribution of stresses in the
concrete due to edges of the concrete member.

yS,N = 0.7+(0.3*c/Ccr,N) = 1 OK
yre,N = The shell spalling factor, yre,N , takes account of the effect of a reinforcement

If in the area of the anchorage there is a reinforcement with a spacing >= 150 mm (any diameter) or with
a diameter <= 10 mm and a spacing >= 100 mm then a shell spalling factor of yre,N = 1.0 may be applied

yre,N = 0.5+ ( hef/200) = 1 OK

yec,N = The factor of yec,N takes account of a group effect when different tension loads are acting
on the individual anchors of a group.
yec,N = 1
= 1 OK
(1 + 2*eN/Scr,N)

The characteristic resistance of an anchor or a group of anchors, in case of concrete cone failiure is:

NoRK,C * Ac,N * yS,N * yre,N * yec,N

NRK,C = = 114.8615 KN NOT OK
Aoc,N
 mm

a single anchor

cracked k1 = 7.2
non- cracked k1 =10.1
 iameter) or with
may be applied