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43.

2 BASIC OUTRIGGER MAT DESIGN EXAMPLE


The author suggests there is another way you can look at this design as follows: -

x Take the load applied and divide it by the ground bearing pressure available
x Noting a suitable Factor Of Safety (FOS) and the fact the values supplied in BS 5975
:2019 Table 18 already have a FOS of 2.0
x Using this resulting area to size the outrigger plan dimensions required
x Design the outrigger mat as far as possible to disperse the load in direct bearing from
the outrigger to the ground i.e. for Timber 1:1 across the grain and 2:1 along the
grain or 1:1 for steel outrigger mats
x Where the load goes outside of this area of direct bearing dispersion the mat will
have to be suitably stiff to disperse the load adequately and not excessively deflect or
fail
x For the area of direct bearing dispersion, the load applied can be checked against
the bearing capacity of the outrigger mat material
x For any remaining outrigger mat outside of this dispersion area that is required to
spread the load into the ground the Second Moment of Area (I) can be calculated,
and the deflection of this cantilevered section checked to ensure it is suitable and not
excessive

43.2.1 FIGURE 50 – Outrigger Foundation Example from CIRIA C703


Appendix A1 (Courtesy of Richard McDonald)

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From Figure 50 above we have the following arrangement, details, and assumptions: -

x 330 kN load from the outrigger (Unfactored)


x Outrigger plan dimensions – 0.4m X 0.4m
x Allowable Ground Bearing of 200 kN/m2 (this includes a Factor Of Safety of 2.0)
x Timber Permissible bearing stress = 5.0 N/mm2
x Outrigger leg on 2 layers of sleepers
x Top layer is 3 number sleepers each 0.9m long X 0.25m wide X 0.125m deep
x Lower layer of 4 sleepers each 1.65m long X 0.25m wide X 0.125m deep.

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Required contact area with the ground to suitably spread the load: -

x Resulting plan area required to spread the load suitably into the ground = 330 kN /
200 kN/m2 = 1.65m2
x From Figure 43 we have a plan area of 1.65m X 1.0m = 1.65m2
Timber Bearing pressure: -

x Applied load = 330 kN


x Timber Permissible bearing stress = 5.0 N/mm2
x Contact area with outrigger = 400 mm X 400 mm = 160,000 mm2
x Timber Permissible Bearing load over this area = 160,000 mm2 X 5.0 N/mm2 =
800,000 N = 800 kN > 330 kN, therefore there is no issue with the bearing area

Load dispersion through each layer of support in direct bearing: -

x Applied load = 330 kN


x This load is initially applied over the 0.4m X 0.4m outrigger plan area on to the first
layer of sleepers and disperses through the depth of the sleepers at 1:1 across the
grain and 2:1 along the grain in direct bearing

x Resulting in a load area of 0.65m X 0.9m on top of the lower layer of sleepers

x Finally, this load disperses through the bottom layer of sleepers in direct bearing at
1:1 across the grain and 2:1 along the grain in direct bearing
x Resulting in a direct bearing load area of 1.0m X 1.15m into the ground

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x From this direct bearing load area, we cannot use the full plan area of 1.0m X 1.65m
x So, the resulting timber length that is outside of the direct bearing zone = 1.65m –
1.15m = 0.5m
x This 0.5m is spread over each end of the timber sleepers so we have a resulting
cantilever length of timber sleeper outside of the direct bearing zone of 0.5m / 2 =
0.25m

Outrigger mat area outside of direct bearing area that must spread the load: -

x Allowable Ground Bearing of 200 kN/m2 (this includes a Factor Of Safety of 2.0)
x Cantilevered length of sleeper required to spread the load = 0.25 m
x We will look at the deflection of this cantilevered length of sleeper to ensure the
deflection is not excessive
x If the sleeper deflection is acceptable then it can be assumed the load is adequately
spread into the ground
x Sleeper cantilever loaded area to consider = 0.25m (Cantilever length) X 0.25m
(Sleeper width) = 0.0625 m2 = 62,500 mm2
x Load applied to this cantilever (W) = 0.0625m2 X 200 kN/m2 = 12.5 kN
x Deflection for a cantilever with a Uniformly Distributed Load (UDL) over the full span
is:-
ଷ
‫ܮݓ‬
ߜ=
8‫ܫܧ‬
Where:-
W = the load applied (unfactored load used for deflection calculations)=12,500 N
L = Cantilever length = 250 mm
E = Modulus of Elasticiy, as this is timber sleeper the value can vary from
9,520 N/mm2 to 27,600 N/mm2
We shall use the conservative value of 9,520 N/mm2
௕ ୢయ ଶହ଴ (ଵଶହ)య
I = Second Moment of Area = = = 40,690,104 mm4
ଵଶ ଵଶ
Therefore:-

ଵଶ,ହ଴଴ (ଶହ଴)య
ߜ= = 0.063 mm
଼ (ଽ,ହଶ଴) (ସ଴,଺ଽ଴,ଵ଴ସ)

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x From this we can see the 250mm length of railway sleeper outside of the direct
bearing load area will deflect 0.63mm to spread the permissible ground bearing
pressure
x Deflection Limit for a cantilever = Span / 180 = 250 mm / 180 = 1.38 mm
x The defelction may be limited by ither requirements and this would need to be
confirmed on a case by case basis
x This deflection is within acceptable limits so we do not need to undertake a strength
check
x This same process can be undertaken for a steel outrigger mat by calculating the I
value of the outrigger mat and using the modulus of elasticity for steel

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