column No 1

x direction unbraced
column is
y direction unbraced
lox 2.975
clear height(m) loy 3.325
h 250
column
dimension(mm) b 250
x direction 0.75
value of β y direction 0.8
lex 2.231
effective
height(m) ley 2.660
lex/h 8.93
ley/b 10.64
x direction short
column is
y direction slender
column is slender
This is only for Short columns ref 3.8.4.3 BS 8110 part 1
and moments are negligible

fcu 25
fy 460

column No 1 2 3
h 300 250 250
column
dimension(mm) b 300 250 250
Axial load (kN) 800 800 630
diameter of R/F bars 12 16 12
R/F area required(mm2) 39 786 258
nominal R/F area(mm2) 360 250 250
number of R/F bars required 3.2 3.9 2.3
 fcu 25
fy 460
cover (mm) 30

column No 1 2 2
h 400 400 400
column
dimension(mm) b 300 300 300
R/F diameter(mm) 25 20 16
minimum link diameter required(mm) 6.25 5 4
link diameter provided(mm) 8 6 6
Axial load (kN) 800 800 800
Mx(kNm) 80 0 80
My(kNm) 80 80 0
h' 350 354 356
b' 250 254 256
Mx/h' 229 0 225
My/b' 321 315 0
N/b.h.fcu 0.267 0.267 0.267
β 0.689 0.689 0.689
Mdesign'(kNm) 119 80 80
hdesign (mm) 300 300 400
bdesign (mm) 400 400 300
M/bh2 3.31 2.22 1.67
N/b.h 6.67 6.67 6.67
d/h 0.86 0.87 0.91
100 Asc/b.h(from chart BS 8110-3) 1.6 0.8 0.4
2
Asc (mm ) 1920 960 480
Number of bars Required 3.9 3.1 2.4
link spacing required(mm) 300 240 192
this is the more rigorous calculation
BS 8110 part 2
section 2.5

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