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A steelframed building is to be built on a

siteadjoiningpreviously,wherevariablell
extendsdowntothelevelofthebedrock.A
heavily loaded stanchion, carrying axial
load only, is to be supported on a pad
foundation.

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It has been decided to found the heavily

loaded base in the sandstone bedrock, in
order to minimize settlement. The base is
tobeconstructedasamassconcretepad.

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Loadings
The superstructure working loads are as
follows:

Allowablebearingpressure
From Design Example, the sandstone has a net allowable bearing pressure of n a = 2000
kN/m2
.
Sizeofbase
The foundation surcharge due to the groundbearing slab is small and can be neglected.
Therefore,

Thereforea1.5m1.5mpadfoundationwillbeused,asshowninFig.11.15.
The stanchion bases are set at a common depth of 300 mm below slab level, and the
remainingdepthofexcavationdowntothesandstonerockistakenupbythemassconcrete
base.
The minimum depth of base required, before it becomes necessary for reinforcement to be
introduced,is500mm(seedepthtoangleofloaddispersioninFig.11.15).Clearlyamass
concretebaseisadequateinthisinstance.

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Fig.11.15Massconcretepadbasedesignexample.
The choice between the full sized mass concrete pad and the stub column solution is
determinedfromeconomicconsiderations.

COLUMNS (1) DOORS (1) PIPES (1) TIMBER (1) TIMBER PILES (1)
VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION STRUCTURES (1) WINDOWS (1) WOOD
CONSTRUCTION(1)

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capacity.Ifthesectionisreducedathigherlevel,thesizeatthepointwhereitisreducedis
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Fig.11.16Stubcolumnpadbase.

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DesignExample5:Padbaseaxialloadplus
bendingmoment(smalleccentricity).
Acolumnpadbaseissubjecttoanaxialload
of200kN(dead)plus300kN(imposed),

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