Post Embedment Design

[SteveGregory]

Does anyone have any experience using the equations and methods found in ANSI/ASAE EP486.1 OCT00 "Shallow Post Foundation Design"? I have the publication and I would like to see some practical examples worked out.

 

[Lutfi]

I am not familiar with the ANSI/ASAE EP486.1 OCT00. However, I have successfully used the following referenced in the past. They all are very similar in the derivations of their formulas. I would be interested to see how it compares the ones I listed.

1. "Design of Concrete Foundation Piers" - by Frank Randall, Portland Cement Association (PCA) - Skokie, IL, May 1968

2. "Resistance to Overturning of Single, Short Piles" - by Eli Czerniak, ASCE Journal of the Structural Division, Vol. 83, No. ST2, Paper 1188, March 1957

3. 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC), Section 1806.8, page 2-45

4. Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) - New York, NY

5. "Tapered Steel Poles - Caisson Foundation Design", Prepared for United States Steel Corporation by Teng and Associates, July 1969


Regards,
Lutfi

 

[SteveGregory]

Thanks for those references. EP486 was published by the American Society of Agricultural Engineers in 2000 for the design of pole barns and the post-frame industry. It addresses lateral loads (shear and moment), uplift and gravity loads on posts.