Company's Name:

Client:
Project:

ABC Consultants
101, Known Street, Known Area, Known City, Pin .
Very Important Industries Ltd, Well Known City
XYZ Building

Job No.: ABC/1001

Design by: UVW
Date:
21-Dec-12
Page No.
C/101

SPREADSHEET FOR CALCULATIONS OF EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF STEEL COLUMNS

AS PER IS 800 : 2007 (Annex D, Cl. 7.2.2 )

Calculates Effective Length of Columns for given load on column, properties of Columns and Beams in a
frame for cases of with and without restraint against sway.

2
BtY

UC = Upper Col.
1
BtY

Framing Beams

BtZ
1

Column
Z
Beam Span (typ)

2
B bY

Ly =Column
Length

Lz =Column
Length

C = Column
considered
BbZ
2

Y Axis

BtZ

Column & Beam sections can be

I or Channel or RHS or Tube

1
BbY

BbZ
1

Beam Span
(typ)

PLAN

LC = Lower Col.
Column Lengths 'Ly' , 'Lz',
and Beam Spans are centre
to centre distance of frame.

Column Mark =

ELEVATION

Z Axis

pan
m S (typ)
B ea

Connection between Beam and

Column is to be rigid type.
Far end condition of Columns and
Beams can be Pinned or Fixed or
Rigidly connected to Column

C7

Column about Z-Z axis (major) in 'Non-sway/Sway Frame'? = 1Non-sway

Column about Y-Y axis (minor) in 'Non-sway/Sway Frame'? = Non-sway 1

Applied Load (kN), P =

840.00

Details of Columns (See Elevation above):

Column
Far end
Column
Section
Condition
ISHB76.000
400x77.4
Rigidly connected
to Column
Design Column C
2.000
Fixed
Lower Column LC
ISHB76.000
400x77.4
3.000
Upper Column UC
3.000
ISHB76.000
400x77.4
Fixed

Column Length, L (m)

about Z-Z about Y-Y

3.500
3.500
3.500

3.500
3.500
3.500

Radius of gyration (cm)

rz
16.90
-

ry
5.26
-

Company's Name:
Client:
Project:

ABC Consultants
101, Known Street, Known Area, Known City, Pin .
Very Important Industries Ltd, Well Known City
XYZ Building

Job No.: ABC/1001

Design by: UVW
Date:
21-Dec-12
Page No.
C/102

Details of Columns:(Cont'd)
Column

Elastic Buckling load (kN)

P ez

P ey

n = P /P e
z-z axis

y-y axis

Column C 45423.88 4400.3001 0.0185

Column LC
Column UC
-

0.1909
-

Flexural Stiffness K=C(I/L)

Correction Factor, C
M.I. (cm )
about Z-Z about Y-Y about Z-Z about Y-Y about Z-Z about Y-Y

0.982
1.985
1.985

0.809
1.847
1.847

28086
28086
28086

2728
2728
2728

78762
159304
159304

6306
14398
14398

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Details of Beams (See Elevation above):
Beam
Beam
Beam
Far end
Mk
Section
Length(m)
Connection
BtY1 ISMB 400 10
4.000 Fixed 3.000E+00
400
BtY2 ISMB10
4.000 Fixed
3.000E+00
ISMB
400
Fixed
BbY1
10
4.000
3.000E+00
400
BbY2 ISMB10
4.000 Fixed
3.000E+00
ISMB
600
Fixed
BtZ1
14
6.000
3.000E+00
ISMB14
600
BtZ2
6.000 Fixed
3.000E+00
600
BbZ1 ISMB14
6.000 Fixed
3.000E+00
600
BbZ2 ISMB14
6.000 Fixed
3.000E+00

Correction Moment of Inertial

Factor, C (major axis) (cm4)

1.985
1.985
1.985
1.985
1.847
1.847
1.847
1.847

20456
20456
20456
20456
90260
90260
90260
90260

Flexural Stiffness
K = C (I/L)
101523
101523
101523
101523
277893
277893
277893
277893

Frame along Y-Y axis (major) - Non-sway (Braced Frame)

Factor 1y:

K c zz + K uc zz
K c zz + K uc zz + K bty

= (78762+159304) / (78762+159304+101523+101523)

= 0.5397
Factor 2y:

K c zz + K lc zz
= (78762+159304) / (78762+159304+101523+101523)
K c zz + K lc zz + K bby
= 0.5397
K y = 0.704
Effective Length of Column C7 along Y-Y axis (major) =
Eff. Length Factor,

3.5 x 0.704 =

See Charts for Effective Length Factors

2.464 m

Company's Name:
Client:
Project:

ABC Consultants
101, Known Street, Known Area, Known City, Pin .
Very Important Industries Ltd, Well Known City
XYZ Building

Job No.: ABC/1001

Design by: UVW
Date:
21-Dec-12
Page No.
C/103

Frame along Z-Z axis (minor) - Non-sway (Braced Frame)

Factor 1z:

K c yy + K uc yy
K c yy + K uc yy + K btz

= (6306+14398) / (6306+14398+277893+277893)

= 0.0359
Factor 2z:
K c yy + K lc yy
K c yy + K lc yy + K bbz

= (6306+14398) / (6306+14398+277893+277893)

= 0.0359
Eff. Length Factor,

K z = 0.5120

Effective Length of Column C7 along Z-Z axis (minor) = 0.512 x 3.5 =

1.792 m

See Charts for Effective Length Factors

Types of Section for Columns and Beams considered in Effective Length Calculations

ABC Consultants
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CALCULATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE LENGTH OF COLUMN C7

Column in a Non-sway Frame (Braced Frame)

1.00

HINGED 1.0
0.90

0.9

0.85
0.75

0.70

0.7

0.675

0.6

Ky = 0.7040

0.65

0.5

0.625

0.4

0.60
0.575

0.3

0.55

0.2

0.525

0.1

Kz = 0.5120
0.5

2
Column C7
Along Y-Y axis
1x =
0.5397
2x =
0.5397
Ky =
0.7040
Along Z-Z axis
1y =
0.0359
2y =
0.0359
Kz =
0.5120

HINGED

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
FIXED

FIXED 0.0

Ky = 0.7040
Kz = 0.5120
Series1

0.80

0.8

0.95