PROPOSED WAREHOUSE FOR THE U.S. EMBASS IN IBEX HILL LUSAKA.

CALCULATION PADS FOR COMPLIMENTARY STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TO THE SPACE FRAME

Ground floor slab design to EC2:
Assumption: Continous slab panels on all 4 sides, but due to ground reaction results will lay on safe side
Selected thickness 200mm
fck=30 N/mm2 fy=500 N/mm2
Panel dimensions: 10454 by 10080 metres (widest bay)
Effective depth = 150mm
Aspect ratio l
y
/l
x 1.04
Moment coefficients B
sx 0.0256
B
sy 0.024
Live load: 5 kN/m2
Self weight:
(0.2*25kN/m
3
) 5
Ultimate loading: 1.35LL+1.5DL
14.25 kN/m
2
m
sx 37.06601472
m
sy 37.37585167 =maximum
m/bd
2
f
ck 0.055371632
l
a 0.9495
lever arm: 142.4
(l
a
x d )
A
sreq: 598.2743847 sqm
(M
sx
/0.87f
y
z )
Provided Y16 @200 = 1005 sqm
Staircase reinforcement:
Longest Span: 6150 mm
Assume 200mm Waist 200 mm
Effective depth: 175 mm
Span/effective depth 35.1
Slope length 6.75 m
Weight of staircase: 43.7 kN
Variable load: 30.8 kN
(5kN/m
2
x 6.15m)
Ultimate load: 105.1 kN
(1.35DL + 1.5LL)
M=Fl /8 80.8 kNm
K=m/bd
2
f
ck
: 0.088 = No need for compression reinforcement
Lever arm: 160.2 mm
A
s
: 1160
Provided Y16@125 1608 sqm
Span effective depth ratio check
100A
s
/bd 0.92
Basic span/d: 26
Limit: 36.0 ok
(basic span/d x A
sreq
/A
sprov
)
Transverse reinforcement 321.6
(0.2 x A
sprov
)
Provided Y10@200 393 sqm
Pad footing:
Width Determination:
SLS reaction at column base: 108.01 kN
(Prokon analysis result)
1.25mx1.25mx200thick Footing weight: 40.7 kN
(Plus backfill and 0.3 x 0.5 x 1.1
metre stub column)
Provided area: 1.56 sqm
N: 148.7 kN
Safe bearing pressure: 100 kN/m
2
Required base area: 1.49 sqm
(N / bearing pressure)
<1.56 ok
ULS axial load from stub column: 171.0 kN
(1.35(0.3 x 0.5 x 1.3 x 25)+164.4)
=(stub column plus Prokon ULS reaction)
Reactive earth pressure: 109.4
Effective depth d: 120
Bending reinforcement:
Half pad width: 625 mm
Critical BM section 475 mm
from pad edge
Critical BM: 21.0 kNm
at column face:
K: 0.049
Lever arm: 114.48
As: 421.0
Provided Y12@200 565 sqm
Stub Column:
straight forward: Provided Y12 x 6 No.
Column base bolts:
Design for maximum tension: 24.28 kN
(Prokon)
Tensile area: 84.3
(Grade 4.6x8xM12 bolts)
Resistance: 197.26
>24.28 ok
Staircase landing support Columns:
Dimension 200x200 square by 2593 Height
Critical column at inside corner of stairs
Overall height: 2593
Effective height l
o 2074.4
Moment of Inertia: 133333333 mm
6
Area: 40000 mm
2
slenderness ratio: 35.9
EC2 Equation for slendernesss ratio limit:
A 0.7
B 1.79 w 1.1
C 1 r
n 0.7
n 2.19 N
ed 2.185275
1.48 1.30 = staircase height causing moment on column
slenderness ratio limit: 16.9 2.995 =Angular lenght of staircase permanent load
0.48 =Staircase weight
Staircase load 28.3 (factored)
d/h 0.88 Landing load 2.3 (factored)
Resultant column moment: 39.9 kNm
From EC2 Column design chart:
take d/h = 0.9
N/bhf
ck
: 0.00
M/bh
2
f
ck
: 0.17
A
s
f
yk
/bhf
ck
: 0.47
As 1128
Provided 4 No. Y20 = 1257