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Column_C1-400mm
General column design by PROKON.

C13
(GenCol Ver W2.3.03 - 10 Jul 2007)
BS8110 - 1997

Design code : BS8110 - 1997

300
200

General design parameters:

100

X
0
-100

-300

300

200

100

-200

-100

-300

Assumptions:
(1) The general conditions of clause 3.8.1 are applicable.
(2) The specified design axial loads include
the self-weight of the column.
(3) The design axial loads are taken constant
over the height of the column.

-200

Given:
Lo = 3.500 m
fcu = 40 MPa
fy = 460 MPa
Ac = 125060 mm

Design approach:
The column is designed using an iterative procedure:
(1) An area of reinforcement is chosen.
(2) The column design charts are constructed.
(3) The corresponding slenderness moments are calculated.
(4) The design axis and design ultimate moment are determined .
(5) The design axial force and moment capacity is checked on
the relevant design chart.
(6) The safety factor is calculated for this load case.
(7) The procedure is repeated for each load case.
(8) The critical load case is identified as the case yielding the lowest
safety factor about the design axis
Through inspection:
Load case 1 (1) is critical.

Check column slenderness:

End fixity and bracing for bending about the Design axis:
At the top end: Condition 2 (partially fixed).
At the bottom end: Condition 2 (partially fixed).
The column is unbraced.
= 1.50

Table 3.19

Effective column height:

le = Lo = 5.250 m
Check if the column is slender:
le/h = 15.2 > 10
The column is slender.

3.8.1.3

Initial moments:
The column is bent in double curvature about the X-X axis:
M1 = Smaller initial end moment = -12.0 kNm
M2 = Larger initial end moment = 12.0 kNm
The initial moment near mid-height of the column :
Mi = 0.4M1 + 0.6M2 0.4M2 = -4.8 kNm

3.8.3.2

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The column is bent in double curvature about the Y-Y axis:

M1 = Smaller initial end moment = -5.0 kNm
M2 = Larger initial end moment = 5.0 kNm
The initial moment near mid-height of the column :
Mi = 0.4M1 + 0.6M2 0.4M2 = -2.0 kNm

3.8.3.2

Deflection induced moments:

3.8.3.1

Design ultimate capacity of section under axial load only:

Nuz = 0.45 fcu Ac + 0.95 fy Asc = 2954.0 kN
Maximum allowable stress and strain:
Allowable compression stress in steel, fsc = 0.95 fy = 437.0 MPa
Allowable tensile stress in steel, fst = 0.95 fy = 437.0 MPa
Allowable tensile strain in steel, ey = fst/Es = 0.0015 m/m
Allowable compressive strain in concrete, ec = 0.0035 m/m
For bending about the weakest axis:
Weakest axis lies at an angle of -180.00 to the X-X axis
Overall dimension perpendicular to weakest axis h-dc = 353mm
Balanced neutral axis depth, xb = ec/(ec+es) (h-dc) =248.9 mm
Nbal = 0.44 b fcu xbal + (Ast fs + Asc fsd) = 1447.8 kN
K = (Nuz - N) / (Nuz - Nbal) = 0.797 < 1.0
a = (1/2000) (le/h) = 0.115
Madd = N a K h = 64.4 kNm
Maddx = Madd*cos(-180.00) = 64.4 kNm
Maddy = Madd*sin(-180.00) = 0.0 kNm

Design ultimate load and moment:

Design axial load:
Pu = 1750.0 kN
For bending about the X-X axis, the maximum design moment is the greatest of:
(a) M2 + Maddx = -76.4 kNm
(b) emin N = 35.0 kNm
Mx = 76.4 kNm

Moments about X-X axis( kNm)

Mxtop=12.0 kNm

Mx=76.4 kNm
Mxmin=35.0 kNm

Mxadd=64.4 kNm

Mxbot=12.0 kNm

Mxadd=64.4 kNm

Initial

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For bending about the Y-Y axis, the maximum design moment is the greatest of:
(a) M2 + Maddy = -5.0 kNm
(b) emin N = 35.0 kNm
My = 5.0 kNm

Moments about Y-Y axis( kNm)

Mytop=5.0 kNm

My=5.0 kNm
Mymin=35.0 kNm

Myadd=0.0 kNm

3.8.3.7

Mybot=5.0 kNm

Myadd=0.0 kNm

Initial

Additional

Design

Check for miminum eccentricity:

Check that the eccentricity exceeds the minimum in the plane of bending:
Use emin = 20mm
Mmin = 35.0 kNm about the X-X axis.

3.8.2.4

Design of column section for ULS:

The column is checked for applied moment about the design axis.
Through inspection: the critical section lies at the top end of the column.
The design axis for the critical load case 1 lies at an angle of 176.25 to the X-axis
The safety factor for the critical load case 1 is 1.26
For bending about the design axis:

1750 kN

Bending moment (kNm)

180

160

140

120

100

77 kNm 80.0

60.0

40.0

20.0

0.00

-20.0

-40.0

-60.0

-80.0

-100

-120

-140

-160

-180

-200
-400
-600

200
Moment max = 158.9kNm @ 1060kN

Interaction Diagram

Axial load (kN)

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2600
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Moment distribution along the height of the column for bending about the design axis:
At the top, Mx = 76.5 kNm
Near mid-height, Mx = 35.0 kNm
At the bottom, Mx = 76.5 kNm

Stresses at the top end of the column for the critical load case 1

BS8110 - 1997

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176.3
D
X

X
0
D
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-300

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100

-100

-200

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-200

Summary of design calculations:

Design results for all load cases:
Axis

N (kN)

Load case 1
1

X-X
Y-Y

1750.0

12.0
5.0

-12.0
-5.0

-4.8
-2.0

64.4
0.0

Top

76.4
5.0

76.5

1.260

Load case 2
2

X-X
Y-Y

1081.0

54.0
24.0

-54.0
-24.0

-21.6
-9.6

0.0
0.0

Bottom

103.9
24.0

106.7

1.385

Load case 3
3

X-X
Y-Y

1123.0

3.0
86.0

-3.0
-86.0

-1.2
-34.4

0.0
0.0

Bottom

54.9
86.0

102.0

1.402

Load case 1 (1) is critical.

M1 (kNm) M2 (kNm) Mi (kNm) Madd (kNm) Design

M (kNm) M' (kNm)

Safety
factor

Load case