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Umanga Ranasinghe, Bsc Civil Engineering & Structural Engineering,

Institution of Engineers
Answered June 29, 2018

For a Residential Building max column stress applied = 15kN/m2

im assuming a span of 4.5m x4.5m span in both sides of the column .(imagine the column
in plan view and and from the center of the column to another column is 4.5m in both
horizontal and vertical direction)

hence the tributary area = 4.5m x 4.5m

Number of floors = 3 (Ground Level to Level 2)

1)assume the columns are short

2)and Asc=0 (meaning no reinforcement)

fcu = 25N/mm2

N = 15 x 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 =911.25 kN (Axial Force approximately)

using BS8110 equation 39,

N= 0.35fcu x Acc + 0 ——→(N should be in newtons ,because it uses SI dimensions)

solve for Acc, Acc = 104,142.85 mm2

get the squareroot of Acc=322.71mm2,

Keep note that we neglected that there is no steel reinforcement available in

column.Hence we can adapt the column size to 325mm x 325mm.this size is very
conservative.

usually in a column,the steel reinforcement area is 2% (typically) of Acc. using this

assumption we can further reduce the column size ,

N = 0..5fcu x Acc + 0.67 x Asc x fy————-> Asc = 0.02Acc

solve for Acc, Acc=48,823.94mm2 and take square root

then column width is =220.96mm,

therefore you can adapt for 225mm x 225mm for 1 Hour fire resistance.

i hope this helped. if there are any doubts please comment below, thank you.

[ DO NOT REDUCE THE COLUMN WIDTH IN A RIDICULE WAY,BECAUSE THE MINIMUM

WIDTH OF COLUMN DEPENDS ON HOURS IN FIRE RESISTANCE,refer figure 3.2 in BS8110.]

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