Maximum steel area; As_max = 6 % Aconc = 10800 mm2 Area of compression steel provided OK Define Containment Links Provided Link spacing; sv = 150 mm; Link diameter; Ldia = 10 mm; No of links in each group; Ln = 1 Minimum Containment Steel (Cl 3.12.7) Shear steel Link spacing; sv = 150 mm Link diameter; Ldia = 10 mm Column steel Diameter; Dcol = 20 mm Min diameter; Llimit = max( (6 mm), Dcol/4) = 6.0 mm Link diameter OK Max spacing; slimit = 12 Dcol = 240.0 mm Link spacing OK