DESIGN OF PYLON COLUMN

Pr 1100 kN Ultimate Load

L 10000 Length of column
fa 280 Mpa AASHTO M270 -GRADE 50
Bbatt 1000 mm
Dbatt mm
Required area 3928.571 mm2
Select four ISA 200X200X20
A= 7419 mm2
Izz 2.90E+07 mm4 600 mm
rzz= 62.48 mm
Cxx 57.4 mm
tf 20 mm
If placed at 200 clear distance
Total length 600 mm 1000 mm
Icomb 1.86E+09 mm4 four angles
Acomb 2.97E+04 mm 2
four angles
rcomb 250.54 mm four angles
L/r 39.914
L/r 43.906 Increase 10%
Aprovided 14838 mm2 OK
Load capacity 4154.64 kN
Pp > Pr OK

EXTERNAL BATTENS
Spacing of battens should Lo
Lo mm

Lo/ryy <0.7L/r of built-up column

I built up 1.86E+09 mm4
Abuiltup 2.97E+04 mm2
rc 250.54 250.54 mm

Lo 1604 mm
Provided 1500 mm Ok

Size of batten400x1000 mm

Provide 7/8 bolts 22 mm

Edge distance 35.25 36 mm

Clear distance between angles 1000 mm

Effective depth 1072 mm > 2*90 OK

Overall depth 1144 mm
Provided depth 800 mm
Required thickness 16 mm

Provide thickness 16 mm OK
So provided Batten 1000x 800 x16 mm

INTERMEDIATE BATTEN
Effective depth 804 mm > 2*90 OK
Overall depth 876 mm
Provided depth 600 mm
So provided Batten 1000*600*16

Transverse shear 2.5%*Pr 27.5 kN

Wind Force 20 kN
However assume Transverse shear 100 kN

Longitudinal shear VtLo/(ns) 63.99 kN

Moment Vt*Lo/(2n) 37500 kNm 37.5 kNm

check for stresses

a)End battens
Shear stress=V/d*t 2.93 Mpa < 250 Mpa

Bending stress 22 Mpa < 250 Mpa

a)Intermediate battens
Shear stress=V/d*t 6.665956 Mpa OK < 250

Bending stress 39.0625 Mpa OK 250

L/r of built-up column 39.9

Lb/rmin 24
Lb/rmin< 0.7L/r built-up 27.9

l 45.47 > 43.906 OK

connection should be designed to transmit both shear and moment

Assume 20 mm dia bolt

strength in double shear 2*Asb*fu/1.732
148.6605 kN
Bearing will not govern
required number of bolts 0.430 however provide 4 nos

Force in each bolt 15.99829 kN

Adopt pitch of 125 mm

Resultant force M*r/sigma(r2) 100.00 kN

< 148.6605 OK
number of battens on one face Length of column/spacing)+1

7.666667 > 3 OK

COLUMN BASE
Base pressure Pr 1100 kN
Base plate length L 1500 mm
Base plate width B 1100 mm
a, b=projection outside the angle 50 mm
tf Angle flange thickness 12 mm
fy 350 MPa
Pressure, w Pr/A 0.666667 Mpa over the plate
Base plate thickness ts Sqrt[(2.5 w(a -0.3b )*gmo/fy]
2 2
>tf
3.02765 mm
However provided 20 mm thick pbase plate >tf

fcc= concrete stress 28 Mpa

w< fcc OK

Connection to Base plate

Bolt Shear resistance 249 kN(please see splice design)

Force on each splice side 275 kN

Number of bolts required on each line 1.10441767
Provided 2 no's bolts in each row 2> 1.104417671
Connection to concrete Base OK
Provided 24 mm dia anchor bolts ASTM F1554-A36 grade anchors
Spacing 200 mm fya 250 Mpa
fta 400 Mpa
Side distance of anchor bolt 5do ACI 318-05 d8.2
do=dia of anchor 24 mm
Side distance 120 mm

Shear strength of anchor fv 0.65

A=area of anchor 113.04 mm 2

Fshear Fus 18.369 kN

Tensile strength of Anchor ft 0.75

A=area of anchor 254.34 mm 2

Ftension Fut 76.302 kN

Shear 100 kN
Assumed Anchors 24 nos
Force per anchor Fs 4.167 kN
Minimum check value=0.2fv*Ns 9.919 OK
Tension 220 kN (assumed 20% vertical Load)
Force per Anchor Ft 9.2 kN
Minimum check value=0.2ft*Nt 11.4 kN OK

Anchor length (min) 12 do 288 mm

Here provided 20 do 480 mm OK

Pull out resistance of concrete

y= 1 (crack condition)
B= 150 mm edge distance
Abg = 452.16 mm2
fc' = 28 Mpa
f*Npn 1424.3 kN >Fs OK