Block type Machine foundation design
1. Available Data:
Length of footing, Lf = 4.50 m
Breadth of footing, Bf = 1.90 m w foundatio 82.08 kn
Depth of footing, Df = 0.40 m w machine 23.5 kn
Mass of machine, m = 2395.51 Kg Total W 105.58 KN
rpm of machine = 2250.00 rpm
Safe bearing capacity of soil, q = 200.00 KN/m2
Subgrade Modulus, k = 9090 KN/m3
Total mass, M = 10762.49 Kg
2. Check for Resonance:
Natural frequency, fn = (1/2π)√(cuLfBf/M)
∴ fn =
where, cu = 18180
19.13 Hz
= 1148 rpm
And, operational frequency, fm = 37.50 Hz
Frequency ratio, r = fm/fn
= 1.96 more than 1.5
Separation check ( fm - fn ) / fm
49.00 more than ( 20-33 % )
3. Check for Maximum Amplitude:
Fo=dynamic force amplitude I will take it 5% of machine weight
damping ratio =8
undamped system
Frequency ratio, r = fm/fn
Xmax = 4.763679E-07 amplitude < 0.05 ISO 10816/20816 “Mec
Velocity amplitude
w=2pifo
W= 238.5
V = W * Xmax
V= 0.0001136138 m/s limits
0.11 mm/s from 2-4 mm/s
4. Check for Base Pressure:
qb = M/LfBf
∴ The base pressure does not exceeds the dynamic bearing capacity i.e. its ok.
= 12.59 KN/m2
WEIGHT ( N )=MASS(KG)*ACCELRATION(M/S)
chine weight for disel genset 2%-10% from machine static weight .
for turbines and well balanced machines ,Fo <1% of weight
for reiprocating compressors ,Fo can be 10%-20% of weight
ISO 10816/20816 “Mechanical vibration — Evaluation of machine vibration” is the global reference used alongside ACI.
sed alongside ACI.