ANCHOR BOLT CALCULATIONS metal buildings PROJECT SAMPLE METAL BUILDING

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DEADLOADS 15% safety factor version 4-10-07 WINDLOADS 15% safety factor page 1 of 2
used for footing and column pad calcs only used for footing and column pad calcs only
WALL SEGMENTS ROOF SEGMENTS LATERAL WINDLOAD ROOF WINDLOAD
WALL 1 ROOF 1 WALL 1 ROOF 1
HEIGHT 21 HEIGHT 21 HEIGHT 21 HEIGHT 21
WIDTH 20 WIDTH 20 WIDTH 20 WIDTH 20
WT PSF 25 WT PSF 25 WLOAD PSF 35.65 WLOAD PSF 17.28
SF 420 SF 420 SF 420 SF 420
TOTAL LBS. 10500 TOTAL LBS. 10500 TOTAL LBS. 14973 TOTAL LBS. 7257.6

WALL 2 ROOF 2 WALL 2 ROOF 2

HEIGHT 0 HEIGHT 0 HEIGHT 0 HEIGHT 0
WIDTH 0 WIDTH 0 WIDTH 0 WIDTH 0
WT PSF 0 WT PSF 0 WLOAD PSF 0 WLOAD PSF 0
SF 0 SF 0 SF 0 SF 0
TOTAL LBS. 0 TOTAL LBS. 0 TOTAL LBS. 0 TOTAL LBS. 0

TOTAL LATERAL WINDLOAD 14973

COLUMN PAD FOOTING TOTAL ROOF WINDLOAD -7257.6
DEPTH ft 3.66 DEPTH ft 1.33 FOOTING SOIL BEARING
WIDTH ft 4 WIDTH ft 1.66 1050.0 wall roof PSF 2000 PSF
LENGTH ft 4 LENGTH ft 20 199.5 footing PSF enter soil bearing above
WT per cf 150 WT per cf 150 1249.5 TOTAL LBS PSF 7 inches
totalCF conc 58.56 totalCF conc 44.16 equals a safety margin of min.ftg width required
TOTAL WT 8784 TOTAL WT 6623.40 750.5 PSF 19.9 inches
footing design given
COLUMN PAD (SOIL BEARING)
18.2 SF MIN COL PAD for 2000psf soil bearing. (ASTM A 307 Bolt Tightening Criteria)
16 SF DESIGNED PAD SIZE diameter torque initially tighten bolts to achieve mating.
3/8 15 Final Tighten Bolts measuring Torque
WALL WEIGHT LBS 10500 1/2 37 Conc strength achieved in 28 days
ROOF WEIGHT LBS 10500 5/8 74
COLUMN PAD WEIGHT LBS 8784 3/4 120
FOOTING WEIGHT LBS 6623 7/8 190
TOTAL DEADLOAD WEIGHT LBS 36407 1 275
9/ 8 375
DEADLOAD LESS UPLIFT LBS 29,150 5/ 4 525
result must be positive to prevent lifting
LOWEST amount is tension & shear allowance per bolt
embedded bolt allowance Tension + Shear safety amt
NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN CALCS 1 15,904 max bolt strength 10,347 bolt strength
BOLT COUNT PER COLUMN 4 18,910 anchor load 13,353 anchor load
tension LOAD NEEDED PER BOLT 1,814 LBS 30,375 conc strength 24,817 conc strength
SHEAR NEEDED PER BOLT 3,743 LBS 22,500 edge dist 16,942 edge dist
values above must be positive to prevent failure
BOLTS SELECTED EXCEED REQUIREMENTS OF FBC 1912 AND 1913.
ANCHOR BOLT INFORMATION for footing bolts Bolts shall conform to ASTM A 307 or an approved equivalent.
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REQUIRED BOLT DIAMETER 3/ 4 in MINIMUM EMBEDMENT in inches (12 dia) 9

THREADED PORTION ABOVE CONC 3 in IDEAL MIN DIST FROM CONC EDGE 1.5xshank 14.0

NOTE: Locate all anchor bolts with templates before pouring concrete TOTAL BOLT LENGTH REQUIRED inches 12
use ASTM A 307 bolts or approved equiv. The use of lower rated bolts
could result in building collapse in high wind conditions. conc cover from bolt bottom to COLUMN PAD bottom 35
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3,000 CONC STRENGTH PSI
36,000 ANCHOR YIELD STRENGTH PSI 81 cone cross section area in sq in
12 TOTAL BOLT LENGTH REQUIRED inches
3/ 4 BOLT DIA 0.375 bolt radius 0.4418 bolt sq in
9 EMBED LENGTH
13.5 FREE EDGE DIST use 1.5 times embed 3.141592654 =pi
12.73 SLANT HEIGHT of cone 162 hyp=SQ RT OF side1+side2
359.87 CONE SURFACE AREA area of cone=PI*R*SLANT HT
254.47 CIRCLE AREA pi=3.141592654ratio of the circumf to the dia (C/d)=3.14 of circle.22 / 7 =pi

ALLOWABLE TENSILE LOAD

18,910 1.ALLOWABLE LOAD psi (based on anchor) formula=.5*(cone surface area)*sq rt(bolt dia*anchr yield strength psi.)
result above / 1.2 for close spacing pull-out factor

30,375 2.ALLOWABLE LOAD psi (based on conc psi) formula=bolt dia times .02 *(cone cross sec*conc strength psi)
result above / 1.2 for close spacing pull-out factor

12 inches ACTUAL DIST TO CONC EDGE

value below cannot exceed allowable load 2 above
22,500 ADJUSTED LOAD psf ( based on conc psi & edge distance) formula=PSF load*(actual edge dist divided by free edge dist.)
result above / 1.2 for close spacing pull-out factor
value below cannot exceed allowable load 1 above
15,904 actual bolt strength based on size = (bolt sq in*anchor yield psi)

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