Example 14.

6
PD 4919kN
Required strength Pu 7763kN
PL 1163kN
1
MA 137kN m MB 165kN m

Length of column Lc 3.0m

ba 60cm bb 65cm

Upper and lower columns ha 80cm hb 85cm
4.5m 2.0m
La Lb

Upper and lower beams ba1 30cm ba2 30cm

ha1 60cm ha2 60cm
7m 6m
La1 La2

bb1 30cm bb2 30cm

hb1 60cm hb2 60cm
7m 6m
Lb1 Lb2

Materials f'c 30MPa

fy 390MPa

f'c 27.6MPa
1 0.65 max 0.85 0.05 min 0.85 0.833
6.9MPa
5
Es 2 10 MPa u 0.003

Solution

Determination of concrete dimension

0.65 ORIGIN 1

Assume g 0.03

Pu
0.80 2
Ag 4097.392 cm

0.85 f'c 1 g fy g

b 70
Proportion of column section k= k
h 100
 Ag
h 765.076 mm b k h 535.553 mm
k

h Ceil ( h 50mm) 800 mm

b Ceil ( b 50mm) 550 mm b 550
mm
h 800

b 600
mm
h 850
Determination of steel area
3 2
Ag b h 5.1 10 cm

Pu
0.85 f'c Ag 2
0.80 2 ( 20mm) 2
Ast 52.78 cm 20 62.832 cm
0.85 f'c fy 4

25 20 20 20 20 25
2
Bars
Bars
20 0 0 0 0 20
mm As0
20 0 0 0 0 20 4

25 20 20 20 20 25

i

i 1 cols As0 As1
i As0 As As1

Ast

2
Ast As Ast 57.334 cm 0.011
Ag

ns rows As ns 6

25mm
Cover 40mm 10mm 62.5 mm
2

h Cover 2
d11 Cover s 145 mm
ns 1
 i 2 ns d1i d1i 1 s 62.5

207.5
352.5
d d1 d mm
497.5
642.5

787.5

Pn.max 0.80 0.85 f'c Ag Ast fy Ast 7849.31 kN

Slenderness of column

Stability index Q 0

h
Radius of gyration r 0.245 m
12

Modulus of elasticity

kN
wc 24
3
m
1.5
wc f'c
Ec 44MPa
4
2.834 10 MPa
kN MPa
m3

Degree of end restraint

3 3
ba1 ha1 ba2 ha2
Ia1 0.35 Ia2 0.35
12 12
3 3
bb1 hb1 bb2 hb2
Ib1 0.35 Ib2 0.35
12 12
3 3
ba ha bb hb
Ica 0.70 Icb 0.70
12 12
3
b h
Ic 0.70
12
Ec Ica Ec Ic Ec Icb Ec Ic
ica icb
La Lc Lb Lc

Ec Ia1 Ec Ia2 Ec Ib1 Ec Ib2

iba ibb
La1 La2 Lb1 Lb2
 ica icb
A 19.055 B 32.15
iba ibb

Effective length factor

k 0.5

Given

2 tan
A B 2

A B k 2 k = 1
1
4 k 2

tan

k k
k 0.5 k 1.0

k Find ( k) k 0.984

Checking for long column

M1 MA if MA MB M2 MB if MA MB

MB otherwise MA otherwise

M1 137 kN m M2 165 kN m

Lu Lc

max ha1 ha2 max hb1 hb2
2.4 m

2
k Lu M1
9.621 min 34 12 40 40
r M2

k Lu M1
The_column "is short" if min 34 12 40
r M2

"is long" otherwise

The_column "is short"

Case of long column

1.2 PD
d 0.76
1.2 PD 1.6 PL

b h
3 0.4 Ec Ig
Ig EI
12 1 d

2
EI
Pc 350135.686 kN
k Lu 2
 M1
Cm max 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4
M2

Cm
ns max 1 1
Pu
1
0.75 Pc

M2.min Pu ( 15mm 0.03 h) 314.401 kN m

Mc
ns max M2 M2.min if The_column = "is long"

max M2 M2.min otherwise

Interaction diagram for column strength

a
c ( a)
1

dt max( d) 787.5 mm

dt c ( a)
( a) t u
c ( a)
1.45 250 t
0.65 max min 0.90
3

di c ( a)
fs ( i a) s u
c ( a)

sign s min Es s fy
ns
P
Pn ( a) min ( a) 0.85 f'c a b
s s
A
i


f ( i a)

n.max
i 1
n s
Mn ( a) ( a) 0.85 f'c a b
h a A f ( i a) d h
2 2
s s
i i


2
i 1

h
a 0 h
100
 Interaction diagram for column strength

8000

6000
P n ( a )
kN
Pu
4000
kN

2000

0
0 333.333 666.667 1000 1333.333 1666.667 2000
Mn ( a) Mc

kN m kN m
.2PD 1.6PL 7763.6 kN