Motor/Pump Base Design

[JD P.E.]

I am tasked with designing a motor/pump base for a 200HP motor and centrifugal pump. I have generally left the concrete/rebar design to others, but I'd like to get more involved in it and understand how to design it. I found the ACI 351.3R Foundations for Dynamic Equipment and ACI 351.2R Foundations for Static equipment. These are helpful in understanding the forces involved, but I have little knowledge on concrete especially relating to rebar requirements. I have a decent understanding of steel design.

I attached a snippet of a detail I've seen on a similar project and was wondering if anyone has any guidance or a direction I should go to understanding rebar/dowel requirements. I just need a general idea on verbiage for what I'm trying to find, if that makes sense.

 

[SlideRuleEra]

...any guidance or a direction I should go to understanding rebar/dowel requirements.

I can appreciate what you are doing; once-upon-a-time I did something similar. A big advantage now that was not available in the 1970s and 80s... the internet.

Go to the following organizations' websites. You will find much (free) information along the lines you are looking for:

Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI)

Portland Cement Association (PCA)

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Hilti Concrete Anchors