Example 4.
1 [Uni-axial Column Design]
1. Design the braced short column to sustain a design load of 1100 KN and a design moment of
160KNm which include all other effects .Use C25/30 and S460.
Take and section
Solution
Step 1- Material
Step 2-Determine the normalized axial and bending moment value
Step 3-Using read the mechanical steel ratio from uniaxial interaction chart for
From interaction chart
Check with maximum and minimum reinforcement limit
Step 4- Detailing
Example 4.2 [Biaxial column design]
Determine the longitudinal reinforcement for corner column of size 400*400 mm and the design
factored moment and axial force of
Use C25/30 and S460 class 1 work take
Solution
Step 1- Material
Step 2- Determine the normalized axial and bending moment value
Step 3- Find using ,
From biaxial chart
Check with maximum and minimum reinforcement limit
{
Step 4- Detailing
Example 4.3 [Column]
Determine whether the column CD is slender or not, if it is subjected t loads shown below.
Consider the frame to be non-sway
Solution
Step 1- Slenderness limit
⁄
√
( )
Step 2-Find the slenderness of the column
2.1 Effective length
For Braced member
√[ ][ ]
∑
( ⁄)
( ⁄)
( )
For fixed restraint K=0 but in reality we cannot provide a fully fixed support so use
√[ ][ ]
√ √
Example 4.4 [Column Design]
Design the braced column to resist an axial load of 950 KN and a moment of Msd =115 KNM at
the top and Msd =-95 KNM at the bottom as shown below .length of the column is 5.5 m and
cross-section of 300*300 mm use C25/30 and S460 take Le=0.66L
Solution
Step 1- Material
Step 2- Check slenderness limit
⁄
√
( )
Step 3-Slenderess
√ √
Step 4- accidental eccentricity
Step 5- Equivalent first order eccentricity
Step 6- Design
Using read the mechanical steel ratio from uniaxial interaction chart for
Check with maximum and minimum reinforcement limit
Using
Step 7- Detailing
Example 4.5 [Column]
Design the braced column if it is subjected to the following loading .the column has total length
of 6 m. Le=0.7L
Use C25/30 and S460
If the column is slender .compute the total design moment using
a) Nominal curvature
b) Nominal stiffness
Use 400*400 mm section ( )
Solution
Step 1. Material data
Step 2- Check slenderness limit
⁄
√
( )
Step 3-slenderess
√ √
Step 4- accidental eccentricity
Step 5- Equivalent first order eccentricity
Step 6- Calculate the second order moment
a) Using Nominal curvature method
⁄
( )
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( )
( )
( )
( )
⁄ ⁄ ⁄ ⁄
( )
( )
For first iteration take
So
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
For Second iteration take
( ) ( )
( ) ( )
⁄
For their iteration take
The iteration converges with similar mechanical steel ratio .
Check with maximum and minimum reinforcement limit
Using
.
b) Using Nominal stiffness method
Initially let us assume
⁄
Nb= Buckling load based on nominal stiffness
Design moment [ ]
( ⁄ )
[ ] [ ]
( ⁄ ) ( ⁄ )
For first iteration neglecting accidental eccentricity
We cannot use the simplified method
⁄( )
√ ⁄
[ ( ) ]
[ ] [ ]
( ⁄ ) ( ⁄ )
Design moment including accidental eccentricity is given by
( )
Second Iteration
[ ( ) ]
[ ] [ ]
( ⁄ ) ( ⁄ )
Design moment including accidental eccentricity is given by
( )
The iteration converges with similar mechanical steel ratio .
Check with maximum and minimum reinforcement limit
{
Using
Step 7- Detailing