Design of 3 Storey Building

Column

Column Design
Properties
b
D
(cover)dsc
d

=
=
=
=

300
400
25
357

mm
mm
mm
mm

Asc
Ast
Fsy
Stirrups

=
=
=
=

402
402
400
10

mm2 ( 2 - D
mm2 ( 2 - D
Mpa
mm

Fc' =

16 )
16 )

32 Mpa

AS 3600-2009 Rectangular Stress Block Method

a2

= 0.9
g = 0.83

pt = pc =

thus, a2
thus, g

= 0.85
= 0.83

0.0038

Computation
Under different combination of Nu and Mu, the column could fail in one of the three modes
(i)

For Compression Failure

Nu =

ku>kub

2E+06 ku + 149912 -

eNu = 8.6E+08 Ku(1 -

For ku
Nu (kN)
eNu (kNm)
Mu (kNm)
(ii)

0.42 ku)

1.00

0.90

2556.1
554.73
43.505

2288.7
536.48
78.735

For Tension Failure

Nu
(iii)

= 2417889.6 ku +

241274 (1-ku)/ku

4.98E+07

Nm

For Compression Failure

0.80
0.70
2014.6
511.06
108.14

1730.9
478.47
132.3

Balance
0.6000
1432.8
438.72
152.16

For Tension Failure

0.50
0.40
1198
391.81
152.21

956.22
337.73
146.49

ku<kub

-10937.77

For Balanced Failure

Also,
=
Muo =
kub =

3563.8 kN

(i.e e'=0)
=

56.741 kNm

(i.e Nu=0)

0.6
=

177.79 mm

Decompression mode not computed (pg 219)

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Column

Interaction Diagram
4000

3500

y x
0 0
# #

3000

Nu (kN)

2500

Interaction

2000

Required
e'b
1500

1000

500

0
0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

180

200

Mu (kNm)

Frame Analysis Value

N*
M*

=
=

124
55

kN
kNm

Check for Slenderness and modification Factors

where,

Radius of gyration r= D/3 or b/3 for rectangular column.

Lu = 3300
le = 2970
r = 133
le/r = 22.3

Not less than 22

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thus, design as Slender column

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Column

Moment magnifiers for Slender column

Braced Columns

also,
or

hence,

db

Modified Values for Design

N* =
798 kN
M* =
21 kNm

Since actual N* & M* are in the safer zone of the interaction diagram, Column is Safe.

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