Reinforced Concrete Column design

Column dimensions:
b  250mm h  250mm l  2.1m
Material strength:

4 2 N
Ac  b h  6.25  10 mm fck  25 ϕ .ef : creep ratio
2
mm
N
N
 ef  2.95
Es  200000
2 fyk  500
mm 2 nb  2
mm
fyk N fck N nh  2
fyd   434.783  fcd   16.667 
1.15 2 1.5 2 n  nb  nh
mm mm

  10mm  s  6mm C c  20mm  l  18mm

Effective length:

F  .7
3
l0  F l  1.47  10 mm
l
d2  b  Cc   s     205 mm
2
l
d  h  Cc   s     205 mm
2

Detailed analysis direction Y:

Slenderness analysis:

Column Slenderness:

l0
  3.46   20.345
h
Mytop  42kN m Mybotton  0kN m Mztop  12.29 kN m

Mzbotton  16.8 kN m N ed  589.5kN

Limiting Slenderness:
l0 B  1.1
ei   3.675 mm
400 Ned
n   0.566
M01  Mybotton  ei Ned  2.166 kN m fcd Ac
1
A   0.629
M02  Mytop  ei N ed  44.166 kN m 1  0.2  ef

M01
rm   0.049 C  1.7  rm  1.651
M02

20 A BC
 lim   30.366
n
   lim

columny  " slender column " if    lim  " short-column "

" short-column " otherwise 2nd order effect calculations are needed

Buckling analysis:
0.45 d
r0   42.435 m
Method based on nominal curvature:  fyd 
 
Design moment in slender columns:  Es 
25 
c  10 K r  0.71   0.35    0.339
200 150

K  1    ef  2.001 r0  1 l 2
r   0
K r K  e2 
r
M2  N ed e2 c

M0e  0.6M02  0.4M01  27.366 kN m

 
MEdy  max M02 M0e  M2 M01  0.5M2  44.166 kN m

Detailed analysis direction Z:

Mz1  Mzbotton Mz2  Mztop
Slenderness analysis:

Column Slenderness: Limiting Slenderness:

l0 20 A BC
z  3.46   20.345  limz   30.366
b n

" slender column " 2nd order effect calculations are needed
 Buckling analysis:

Method based on nominal curvature:

M01z  Mzbotton  ei Ned  18.966 kN m

M02z  Mztop  ei N ed  14.456 kN m

Design moment in slender columns:

M0ez  0.6Mz2  0.4Mz1  14.094 kN m

 
MEdz  max M02z M0ez  M2 M01z  0.5M2  21.099 kN m

Verification of the used cross section:

b  250mm N
fcd  16.667 
dc  h  d  45 mm 2
h  250mm mm

d  205mm dc2  b  d2  45 mm

N
fyd  434.783 
d2  205 mm 2
  1.00 mm

 2  2
 2  2
Ast  nb   l   508.938 mm Asc  nh   l   508.938 mm
4 4

M-N Interaction diagram (Y)

N ed  589.5 kN MEdy  44.166 kN m

Point 1 :

3
NRdy1  b h  fcd  Ast fyd  Asc fyd  1.484  10 kN
h   h
MRdy1  Asc fyd   dc   Ast fyd  d    0 kN m
2   2

Point 3 :

Xc0  0.493 d  101.065 mm

N Rdy3  b Xc0  fcd  Asc fyd  Ast fyd  421.104 kN

 h Xc0 
  Asc fyd   dc   Ast fyd  d  
h h
MRdy3  b Xc0  fcd  
2 2  2   2
Point 4 :

( Ast  Asc) fyd

Xc   0 mm
b  fcd
N Rdy4  b Xc  fcd  Asc fyd  Ast fyd  0 kN

 h Xc   M
NRdy1 
  Asc fyd   dc   Ast fyd  d  
h h
MRdy4  b Xc  fcd    
2 2  2   2
M
NEdy
edy 
  NRdy3 
M
N
M : N interaction chart EC2  
 M
NRdy4 
6
1.510

6
1.3510

6
1.210

6
1.0510

5
910
NEdy
5
7.510
Ned
5
610

5
4.510

5
310

5
1.510

3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 9.375101.875102.81310 3.75104.688105.625106.56310 7.510
N*m
Medy MEdy
 M-N Interaction diagram (Z)
N ed  589.5 kN MEdz  21.099 kN m b  0.25m h  0.25m

Point 1 :
3
NRdz1  b h  fcd  Ast fyd  Asc fyd  1.484  10 kN
h   h
MRdz1  Asc fyd   dc   Ast fyd  d    0 kN m
2   2

Point 3 : Xc0.  0.493 d2  101.065 mm

NRdz3  b Xc0.  fcd  Asc fyd  Ast fyd  421.104 kN

 h Xc0 
  Asc fyd   dc2   Ast fyd  d2  
h h
MRdz3  b Xc0  fcd  
2 2  2   2

( Ast  Asc) fyd

Point 4 : Xc.   0 mm
b  fcd
NRdz4  b Xc.  fcd  Asc fyd  Ast fyd  0 kN

 h Xc 
  Asc fyd   dc2   Ast fyd  d2  
h h
MRdz4  b Xc  fcd   MNRdz1 
2 2  2   2  
edz  Rdz3 
M
NEdz 
 M
N
N
M : N interaction chart EC2  
M
N
1.510
6  Rdz4 

6
1.2510

6
110
NEdz
5
7.510
Ned
5
510

5
2.510

3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
0 9.375101.875102.81310 3.75104.688105.625106.56310 7.510 N*m
Medz MEdz
 Biaxial bending verification
a a
 MEdy   MEdz  Ned
    1 s   0.397
M M NRdy1
 Rdy   Rdz 

a  1 if s  0.1  1.248

 s  0.7 
 1.5  0.5  if s  0.7 a
 MEdy   MEdz 
a
 0.3       0.835 "Ok"
M M
 s  0.1   Rdy3   Rdz3 
1  0.5  otherwise
 0.6 
Reinforcement verification:
 Ned  2
Minimum areas of reinforcement Asmin  max 0.002 Ac 0.1   135.585 mm
 fyd 
3 2
Maximum areas of reinforcement Asmax  0.04 Ac  2.5  10 mm

 2
 3 2
As.prov  n   l   1.018  10 mm
4 Use 4 H18

As  "C-S is not verified" if Ac .01  As.prov  "cross section is verified"

"cross section is verified" otherwise

Asmax  As.prov  Asmin

h b
spacingh   125 mm spacingb   125 mm Ok
nh nb

Transversal reinforcement
Maximum spacing
  l
 
smax  min 0.6 h 12  l 240mm  150 mm  Stirrup  max 6mm 
 4 
  6 mm
Minimum spacing
smin  20mm Links: 36 H6
 l  
nStirrup  round    0.5 0  36
  smax  90mm   The cross section is verified