Capacity

Of

Eccentqically

Loaded

Shoqt

Material Properties
f'c =

5.00 ksi

Ec =

4,031 ksi

Es =

29,000 ksi

fy =

60.00 ksi

fb =

0.9

fc =

0.7

Column

Column Interaction Diagram

Units: Kip, Kip-ft
fPn
2,500

Units

Design Code

English

ACI 318-99

Rectangular Concrete Section

Metric
ACI 318-02
Height H =
20.00 in
Width B =
24.00 in
rs =
3.75%
Maximum Force: fPu(max) = 0.8f[0.85f'cbh+(fy-f'c)SAs] =
1,697 kip

2,000

Maximum calculated capacities:

fMb =
614 kip-ft

1,000

fPb =

629 kip

fMb =

-681 kip-ft

fPb =

7 kip

1,500

500

Steel
Layer No.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Steel
Area
As
in^2
4.00
6.00
2.00
2.00
2.00
2.00

Dist. from
bottom
Ys
in
2.00
18.00
4.00
10.00
8.00
6.00

Ys, in

Section Reinforcing

25

0
-800

-600

-400

-200

20
-500

15
10

-1,000

5
0

-1,500

8
As,in^2

200

400

600

800fMn

a
b1

17.58093 in
0.80

Pu

1785.8 kip

Sum of Forces = 0
-0.85f'c(ab)= -1793.25492 kip
S(As*fs)= -630.745074 kip

Sum of Moments = 0
S(Asfs(Ys-h/2)) =

143

-0.85f'c(ab)(a/2-h/2) =

180.8

Pu/f 2551.085714 kip

Mu/f =

323.7

Mu

226.6 kip-ft
Total
ACI 318-99 ACI 318-02
f
0.7
0.7 zeroM
0.1f'cbh =
240 kip
fPu(max) = 0.8f[0.85f'cbh+(fy-f'c)SAs] =
S(As)=

127.086
67504.4549
1696.8 kip

18.00 in^2
fPu(min) = f(fySAs) =

Force Converter
MomentConverter

1
12

-972 kip
Units1
1
Units
English
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Steel
Area
As
in^2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

4
6
2
2
2
2

As

Dist from Strain in

Bottom Reinf. Bar
es
Ys
in
18 -0.000543
2 -0.002727
16 -0.000816
10 -0.001635
12 -0.001362
14 -0.001089
20 -0.000270
20 -0.000270
20 -0.000270
20 -0.000270

Ys

Stress in
Reinf. Bar
fs
ksi
-11.4909735
-55.75
-19.4086431
-43.161652
-35.2439823
-27.3263127
-3.57330391
-3.57330391
-3.57330391
-3.57330391

0
4.0

2
2.0

0
6.0

18
18.0

0
2.0

4
4.0

0
2.0

10
10.0

Code:

H
0
0
6.6
6.6
0

0
20
20
0
0

1 ACI 318-99
Column Interaction Diagram
Units: Kip, Kip-ft

0
2.0

8
8.0

0
2.0

6
6.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

0
0.0

kip-ft
kip-ft
kip-ft

ACI 318-99
nteraction Diagram