Column design as Per BS

8110-1:1997

PHK/JSN

Contents : General

Recommendations of the code

Classification of columns
Effective Length of columns & Minimum
eccentricity
Design Moments in Columns
Design

General Recos of the code

m for concrete 1.5, for steel 1.05

Concrete strength CUBE STRENGTH

Grades of steel Fe250 & Fe460
Primary Load combination 1.4DL+1.6LL
E of concrete Ec = 5.5fcu/ m
10% less than IS

Ultimate stress in concrete 0.67fcu/ m

Steel Stress-strain curve Bilinear

E of steel 200 kN/mm2

Classification of columns
SHORT both lex/h and ley/b < 15 for braced columns

else SLENDER

< 10 for unbraced columns

BRACED - If lateral stability to structure as a whole is provided by walls
or bracing designed to resist all lateral forces in that plane.
else UNBRACED

Cl.3.8.1.5

Effective length &minimum eccentricity

Effective length le = lo

depends on end condition

emin = 0.05 x dimension of column in the plane of bending 20 mm

at top and bottom of column.

Contd..

Deflection induced moments in Slender columns

Madd = N au
where au :deflection of column= aKh
a = (1/2000)(le/b)2
K = (Nuz N)/(Nuz Nbal) 1
(Initial conservative value of K =1 )

Nuz :Ultimate Axial Load= 0.45fcuAc+0.95fyAsc

Nbal : Axial Load @ balance failure =

Value of K found iteratively

0.25fcubd

Contd..

Design Moments in Braced columns :

Maximum Design Column Moment Greatest of

a) M2
b) Mi+Madd

Mi = 0.4M1+0.6M2

c)M1+Madd/2
d) M(min) = eminN
( M1 = Smaller intial moment : for usual case with double curvature of a braced column ,M1
should be taken as negative & M2 = Larger intial moment )

Columns where le/h exceeds 20 and only Uniaxially bent Shall be

designed as biaxially bent with zero initial moment along other axis.

Braced and unbraced columns

Design Moments in UnBraced columns :The additional Moment may be assumed to occur at whichever
end of column has stiffer joint. This stiffer joint may be the
critical section for that column.
Deflection of all UnBraced columns in a storey
auav for all stories = au/n

Design Moments in Columns

Axial Strength of column N = 0.4fcuAc + 0.8 Ascfy
Biaxial Bending

Increased uniaxial moment about one axis

Mx/h My/b Mx = Mx + 1 h/bMy

Mx/h My/b

My = My + 1 b/hMx

Where 1 = 1- N/6bhfcu (Check explanatory hand book)

Minimum Pt =0.4% Max Pt = 6%

Shear in Columns

Shear strength vc = vc+0.6NVh/AcM

To avoid shear cracks, vc = vc(1+N/(Acvc)

If v > vc, Provide shear reinforcement

If v 0.8fcu or 5 N/mm

Design Construction of Interaction Curve

0.67fcu/m

A1

d1

0.0035
1

f1
d

0.5
h

0.9
N x x

2
f2

A2

Section

Stress

Strain

Distribution of stress and strain on a Column-Section

Equilibrium equation from above stress block

N = 0.402fcubx + f1A1 +f2A2

M =0.402fcubx(0.5h-0.45x)+f1A1(0.5h-d1)+f2A2(0.5h-d)
f1 and f2 in terms of E and

f1 = 700(x-d+h)/x
f2 = 700(x-d)/x

The solution of above equation requires trial and error method

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