Pinned Base Plate Design

Design Parameters

Design method

Units

Project Name

Designer

Description

Load cases (axial + compression / - tension)

Name	Axial (kN)	Shear (kN)

LRFD: factored loads (Pu, Vu, Mu); ASD: service-level combinations (Pa, Va, Ma).

Seismic design - AISC 341-22 Section D2.6 column base required strengths

Seismic force-resisting system

R_y (column steel)

Storey height H (mm)

Overstrength axial (kN)

Overstrength shear (kN)

Single-storey column with simple connections at both ends (D2.6b exception (a))

Section family

Steel grade

Section

Depth d (mm)

Flange width b_f (mm)

Flange thickness t_f (mm)

Web thickness t_w (mm)

Root radius r (mm) kdes = tf + r for the web weld length; not in the catalogue - 0 is conservative.

The moment acts about the column major axis (depth along the plate length N). AISC Shapes Database v16.0.

Plate length N (mm)

Plate width B (mm)

Plate thickness t_p (mm)

Plate grade

Column-to-plate welds

Fillet weld leg (mm)

Electrode

Anchor rod grade

Diameter

Anchors per line (2 lines)

Spacing along a line s (mm)

Plate end to anchor line (edge) (mm)

Effective embedment h_ef (mm, 0 = not checked)

Anchorage

Anchor plate side (mm, 0 = default)

Anchors resisting shear

Friction (μ = 0.4, LRFD)

Concrete f'c (MPa, specified cylinder strength)

Grout / bedding strength (MPa, 0 = not limiting)

Grout / bedding thickness (mm)

Pedestal length (mm, 0 = large)

Pedestal width (mm, 0 = large)

Pedestal / footing depth h_a (mm)

Cracked concrete (ACI 318 ψ_c factors = 1.0)

ASTM A992 (W), A572 Gr 50, A36 (AISC Manual Table 2-4); bolts ASTM F3125 Grades A325 / A490.

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