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Column section

Calculations for timber columns in accordance with BS5268:Pt 2:1996 and the Timber Designers Manual by Baird and Ozelton

Column shaft - 150 wide x 150 deep

Timber type - Sawn Softwood as Table NA.2 of BS EN 336

Height of single column shaft = 6000 mm

Strength class from Table 7 (service classes 1 & 2) - C16

Service class - 2 (Covered and heated or unheated)

Design axial compression = 10 kN

Design moment about x-x axis = 1.5 kNm
about y-y axis = 0.5 kNm

Grade stresses - from Table 7

Bending parallel to grain = 5.3 N/mm2

Compression parallel to grain = 6.8 N/mm2
Minimum modulus of elasticity = 5800 N/mm2

Modification factors

For service class 2

- bending K =1
2M
- compression K =1
2C
For load duration - long K =1
3
For depth between 72 and 300mm K = (300/h)0.11
7
= (300/150)0.11
= 1.08
For load sharing system K = 1.1
8
Determine modification factor K from the column slenderness for each axis, where:
12

The effective length of the column for the x-x axis is

L = H *F
ex o lex
= 6000*1
= 6000 mm
and the effective length of the column for the y-y axis is
L = H *F
ey o ley
= 6000*1
= 6000 mm
Hence, the slenderness ratio for the x-x axis is
 = L /i
x ex xx
= 6000/43.3
= 138.6
and for the y-y axis is
 = L /i
y ey yy
= 6000/43.3
= 138.6

and from Table 19 for compression members

- x-x axis K = 0.232
12x
- y-y axis K = 0.232
12y

Determine Axial Stresses

The minimum value of K is for the y-y axis, hence, the allowable compressive stress is
12
 = *K *K *K *K
cpaall cpa 2C 3 8 12
= 6.8*1*1*1.1*0.232
= 1.74 N/mm2

The applied compressive stress is

 = N*103/(b*h)
cpaapp
= 10*103/(150*150)
= 0.44 N/mm2

Determine Bending Stresses

The allowable bending stress is

 =  *K *K *K *K
bpall bp 2M 3 7 8
= 5.3*1*1*1.08*1.1
= 6.30 N/mm2

The applied bending stress about the x-x axis is

 = M *106/Z
bpappx xx xx
= 1.5*106/563000
= 2.66 N/mm2

The applied bending stress about the y-y axis is

 = M *106/Z
bpappy yy yy
= 0.5*106/563000
= 0.89 N/mm2

Combining Axial and Bending Stresses

Using the interaction formula described in clause 2.11.6, with the

Euler critical stress
 = (2*E)/ 2
e max
= ((3.142)2*5800)/(138.6)2
= 2.98 N/mm2

and the Euler coefficient

K = 1-(1.5* *K / )
e cpaapp 12 e
= 1-(1.5*0.44*0.232/2.98)
= 0.949

the combined effect of axial load and bending is

IFC = ( /( *K ))+( /( *K ))+( / )
bpappx bpall e bpappy bpall e cpaapp cpaall
= (2.66/(6.3*0.949))+(0.89/(6.3*0.949))+(0.44/1.74)
= 0.85