What are Bearing Plates and its advantages?
It is a plate placed under one end of a truss beam, girder, or column to distribute the load. They are used to transfer concentrated compressive forces between two structural elements. Typically, this occurs in two conditions: When a beam or column is supported by concrete or masonry, or. When a beam support is large, concentrated load from a supported element, such as a column.
The advantages of Bearing Plates are as follows:
1. They distribute the loads to a wider area.
2. They carry the loads or movement in both vertical and horizontal directions.
3. They reduce the deflection and also the impact loading if any.
4. They will be mostly flexible and adaptable.
How to Calculate Actual Bearing Pressure under Plate?
Actual Bearing Pressure under Plate calculator uses Actual Bearing Pressure = Concentrated Load of Reaction/(Width of Plate*Bearing or Plate Length) to calculate the Actual Bearing Pressure, The Actual Bearing Pressure Under Plate formula is defined as the original bearing capacity of the plate. Typically, the pressure load is divided by the area and here, width * minimum length makes the area of the plate. Actual Bearing Pressure is denoted by fp symbol.
How to calculate Actual Bearing Pressure under Plate using this online calculator? To use this online calculator for Actual Bearing Pressure under Plate, enter Concentrated Load of Reaction (R), Width of Plate (B) & Bearing or Plate Length (N) and hit the calculate button. Here is how the Actual Bearing Pressure under Plate calculation can be explained with given input values -> 9.8E-6 = 235000/(0.15*0.16).