16:32 Mar 5, 2004 |
French to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / concrete | |||||||
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5 | base plate/foundation plate |
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base plate/foundation plate Explanation: For holding down steel stanchions, the bottom of the stanchion is welded to a steel plate with a number of bolt holes in it. This is known as the base plate. Usually threaded rods are cast into the concrete foundation at appropriate locations so that the base plate and stanchion can be fitted over them and nuts screwed on. Since this requires some skill in positioning the rods, an easier alternative is to cast a (predrilled)matching foundation plate (with anchoring device beneath) into the concrete foundation instead. It may have threaded sockets welded to it, into which bolts may be screwed once the base plate has been placed over it, or upwards pointing threaded rods may be welded to it. Possibly, even, it may have no thread system and simply be welded to the base plate subsequently. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 7 days (2004-03-13 03:57:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If \"base plate\" is not the term, then I must have horribly misunderstood something! I\'m looking at a book called \"Holding down systems for steel stanchions\" published by the Concrete Society, the British Constructional Steelwork Association, and the Constructional Steel Research and Development Organisation, and it is full of pictures and diagrams of the feet of stanchions (columns, or your \"vertical beams\" (beams tend to be horizontal)) with, clearly labeled, the \"base plate\", i.e. the steel plate welded to the stanchion, and with holes in it for holding the stanchion down to the foundation (floor, footing, etc.), with text saying: <<Column base plates Most base plates are presently designed on the assumption tha tthe supporting pressure will be uniform or linear, and will be applied over the whole area of the plate .... In some cases this can have an important effect on the performance of the base plate ...>> |
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The asker has declined this answer Comment: My sources tell me base plate is not correct. I'm looking for an anchoring system for vertical beam, not the foundation. Thanks anyway for the useful response. |
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