Square Column Capacity

Pu = 1160 kips
fc' = 4000 psi
fy = 60000 psi
trial % 2%
Ag = 492.2 in2
b= 22.19 in.
select b = 22 in.
Ast = 10.34 in2

No. of bars Bar size

select bars 8 # 11 Ast = 12.50 in2 bars selected have sufficient area

Bar dia. rz = 0.02582

1.410

Po = (0.85fc'An + Asfy) = 2352.9 kips

fPo = 1223.5 kips <--- ACI 318-2014 Table 22.4.2.1a capacity is sufficient
-
Rectangular Column Capacity
Pu = 1480 kips
fc' = 3000 psi b h
fy = 60000 psi 20 38.47 769.439
trial % 2% 22 34.97 769.439
Ag,reqd = 769.4 in2 24 32.06 769.439
select b = 20 in. 26 29.59 769.439
select h = 40 in. 28 27.48 769.439
Ast = 14.03 in2 30 25.65 769.439

No. of bars Bar size

select bars 10 # 11 Ast = 15.62 in2 bars selected have sufficient area

Bar dia. rz = 0.01953

1.410

Po = (0.85fc'An + Asfy) = 2937.4 kips

fPo = 1527.4 kips <--- ACI 318-2014 Table 22.4.2.1a capacity is sufficie
-
ave sufficient area

capacity is sufficient
Circular Column Capacity
Pu = 1000 kips
fc' = 3500 psi
fy = 60000 psi
trial % 4%
Ag = 298.4 in2
dia = 19.49 in.
select D = 20 in.
Ast = 11.12 in2

No. of bars Bar size

select bars 9 # 10 Ast = 11.39 in2
bars selected have sufficient area
Bar dia. rz = 0.02237
1.270

Po = (0.85fc'An + Asfy) = 1584.4 kips

fPo = 1010.0 kips <--- ACI 318-2014 Table 22.4.2.1b
-
capacity is sufficient
Rectangular Column Capacity
Pu = 444 k
Mu = 234 ft-k = 2808 k-in e = 6.32432 in.
b= 12 in.
h= 21 in.
g = 0.71429 d1
d2
fc' = 4000 psi
d3
fy = 60000 psi
As1 = 5.06 in2
h
As2 = in2 gh
Ast= 5.06 in 2

Ag = 252.0 in2
rt = 0.0201
b1 = 0.85
ey = 0.00207
b
Es = 29000 ksi
cbal = 10.65 in. -
c.005 = 6.75 in.
-

Po = (0.85fc'An + Asfy) = 1143.2 kips

fP o = 594.5 kips <--- ACI 318-2014 Table 22.4.2.1a
cb
c= 24.71 21 18.9 16.8 14.7 12.6 10.65 9.45
a= 21.0000 17.8500 16.0650 14.2800 12.4950 10.7100 9.0551 8.0325
es1 = 0.002636 0.002571 0.002524 0.002464 0.002388 0.002286 0.002155 0.002048
es2 = 0.002180 0.002036 0.001929 0.001795 0.001622 0.001393 0.001099 0.000857
es3 = 0.001725 0.001500 0.001333 0.001125 0.000857 0.000500 0.000043 -0.000333
es4 = 0.001270 0.000964 0.000738 0.000455 0.000092 -0.000393 -0.001013 -0.001524
es5 = 0.000814 0.000429 0.000143 -0.000214 -0.000673 -0.001286 -0.002069 -0.002714
fs1 = 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 59381
fs2 = 60000 59036 55929 52045 47051 40393 31875 24857
fs3 = 50025 43500 38667 32625 24857 14500 1250 -9667
fs4 = 36820 27964 21405 13205 2663 -11393 -29375 -44190
fs5 = 23614 12429 4143 -6214 -19531 -37286 -60000 -60000
C or T1 143.20 143.20 143.20 143.20 143.20 143.20 143.20 141.63
C or T2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C or T3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C or T4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C or T5 51.14 31.44 10.48 -15.72 -49.41 -94.33 -151.80 -151.80
 Cc = 856.80 728.28 655.45 582.62 509.80 436.97 369.45 327.73
f= 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.705
Pn = 1143.2 1051.1 902.9 809.1 710.1 603.6 485.8 360.8 317.6
Pu = 743.1 683 587 526 462 392 316 235 224
M1 1073.99 1073.99 1073.99 1073.99 1073.99 1073.99 1073.99 1062.24
M2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M5 -383.57 -235.83 -78.61 117.92 370.59 707.50 1138.50 1138.50
Mc = 0.00 1147.04 1617.33 1957.62 2167.91 2248.20 2206.51 2124.89
Mn = 0 690 1985 2613 3150 3612 4030 4419 4326
Mu = 0 449 1290 1698 2047 2348 2619 2872 3050
e= 0.66 2.20 3.23 4.44 5.99 8.29 12.25 13.62

Pmax 594.5 594.5 368.2496

0 1290
57.5
Pbal = 0 360.8
Mbal = 0 4419
P.005 = 0 196.0
M.005 = 0 3778

1111 1265 -2289 797.6187

0.0009 0.000791 -0.000437 0.001254
 623 1482 504
d1 = 3 y1 = 7.50 in. 521 0 560

d2 = 6.75 y2 = 3.75 in.

d3 = 10.5 y3 = 0 in.
d3
d4 d4 = 14.25 y4 = 3.75 in.
d5

d5 = 18 y5 = 7.50 in.

Note: This spreadsheet is

based on an assumption that
there are interior layers of
bars. The value of As1 entered
is divided into 2 equal parts
and As2 is divided into the
three interior layers shown.
Calculations are based on
bar locations shown on the
drawing. If the actual number
of layers of interior bars is
different from 3, slight errors
c.005 will result.
8.4 6.75 6.3 4.2 2.1 1.05
7.1400 5.7375 5.3550 3.5700 1.7850 0.8925
0.001929 0.001667 0.001571 0.000857 -0.001286 -0.005571
0.000589 0.000000 -0.000214 -0.001821 -0.006643 -0.016286
-0.000750 -0.001667 -0.002000 -0.004500 -0.012000 -0.027000
-0.002089 -0.003333 -0.003786 -0.007179 -0.017357 -0.037714 151.8
-0.003429 -0.005000 -0.005571 -0.009857 -0.022714 -0.048429
55929 48333 45571 24857 -37286 -60000
17089 0 -6214 -52821 -60000 -60000
-21750 -48333 -58000 -60000 -60000 -60000
-60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
-60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
132.90 113.68 106.69 54.29 -94.33 -151.80
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
-151.80 -151.80 -151.80 -151.80 -151.80 -151.80
 291.31 234.09 218.48 145.66 72.83 36.41
0.766 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900
272.4 196.0 173.4 48.1 -173.3 -267.2 -303.6
209 176 156 43 -156 -240 -273
996.73 852.61 800.20 407.15 -707.50 -1138.50
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
1138.50 1138.50 1138.50 1138.50 1138.50 1138.50
2018.79 1786.40 1709.09 1269.39 699.70 366.10
4154 3778 3648 2815 1131 366 0
3182 3400 3283 2534 1018 329 0
15.25 19.28 21.04 58.47 -6.52 -1.37
 0 -360
297 0
 1400
Pn vs Mn
1200 Pmax
Pu vs Mu
1000 applied forces Pu and Mu
balanced case
800 strain of .005

600
Axial Load, kips

400

200

0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000

-200

-400

Moment Capacity, kip-in

Non-dimensionalized Rectangular I/A Pu = 120 k
1.2000
Mu = 103.5 ft-k = 1242

b= 14 in.
h= 15 in. d1 1.0000
g= 0.6 d2
fc' = 4000 psi d3
fy = 60000 psi 0.8000
As1 = 3.60 in 2
h
gh
As2 = in 2

Ast= 3.60 in2 0.6000

Ag = 210.0 in2
rt = 0.0171
b1 = 0.85 0.4000
ey = 0.00207 b
Es = 29000 ksi
cbal = 7.10 in. - 0.2000
c.005 = 4.5 in.
-
0.0000
Po = (0.85fc'An + Asfy) = 917.8 kips 0.00
fPo = 507.1 kips <--- ACI 318-2008 Code Eq. 10-1
cb
c= 17.65 15 13.5 12 10.5 9 7.10 6.75-0.2000
a= 15.0000 12.7500 11.4750 10.2000 8.9250 7.6500 6.0367 5.7375
es1 = 0.002490 0.002400 0.002333 0.002250 0.002143 0.002000 0.001733 0.001667
es2 = 0.002108 0.001950 0.001833 0.001688 0.001500 0.001250 0.000782 0.000667
es3 = 0.001725 0.001500 0.001333 0.001125 0.000857 0.000500 -0.000168 -0.000333
-0.4000
es4 = 0.001343 0.001050 0.000833 0.000563 0.000214 -0.000250 -0.001119 -0.001333
es5 = 0.000960 0.000600 0.000333 0.000000 -0.000429 -0.001000 -0.002069 -0.002333
fs1 = 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 58000 50250 48333
fs2 = 60000 56550 53167 48938 43500 36250 22688 19333
fs3 = 50025 43500 38667 32625 24857 14500 -4875 -9667
fs4 = 38933 30450 24167 16313 6214 -7250 -32438 -38667
fs5 = 27840 17400 9667 0 -12429 -29000 -60000 -60000
C or T1 101.88 101.88 101.88 101.88 101.88 98.28 84.33 80.88
C or T2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C or T3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C or T4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
C or T5 43.99 25.20 17.40 0.00 -22.37 -52.20 -108.00 -108.00
 Cc = 714.00 606.90 546.21 485.52 424.83 364.14 287.35 273.11
f= 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.650 0.673
Pn = 917.8 859.9 734.0 665.5 587.4 504.3 410.2 263.7 246.0
Pu = 596.5 559 477 433 382 328 267 171 165
M1 458.46 458.46 458.46 458.46 458.46 442.26 379.49 363.96
M2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M5 -197.96 -113.40 -78.30 0.00 100.67 234.90 486.00 486.00
Mc = 0.00 682.76 962.70 1165.25 1290.42 1338.21 1287.79 1264.82
Mn = 0 260 1028 1343 1624 1850 2015 2153 2115
Mu = 0 169 668 873 1055 1202 1310 1400 1422
e= 0.30 1.40 2.02 2.76 3.67 4.91 8.17 8.60

Pmax 507.1 507.1 179.4396

0 668
21.7
Rn = 0.0000 0.0207 0.0816 0.1066 0.1289 0.1468 0.1600 0.1709 0.1678
Kn = 1.0926 1.0237 0.8738 0.7923 0.6993 0.6004 0.4884 0.3139 0.2928
Rn = 0.0000 0.0207 0.0816 0.1066 0.1289 0.1468 0.1600 0.1709 0.1678
 1.2000
k-in
d1 = 3 y1 = 4.50 in.

1.0000 d2 = 5.25 y2 = 2.25 in.

Row 59
d3 d3 = 7.5 y3 = 0 in.
0.8000
d 4

d5 d4 = 9.75 y4 = 2.25 in.

0.6000 d5 = 12 y5 = 4.50 in.

0.4000
Note: This spreadsheet is
based on an assumption that
there are interior layers of
bars. The value of As1 entered
0.2000 is divided into 2 equal parts
and As2 is divided into the
three interior layers shown.
Calculations are based on
0.0000 bar locations shown on the
drawing. If the actual number
0.00 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.12
of layers of interior bars is
0.14 0.16 0.18
different from 3, slight errors
c.005 will result.
-0.20006 4.5 4.5 3 1.5 0.75
5.1000 3.8250 3.8250 2.5500 1.2750 0.6375
0.001500 0.001000 0.001000 0.000000 -0.003000 -0.009000
0.000375 -0.000500 -0.000500 -0.002250 -0.007500 -0.018000
-0.4000
-0.000750 -0.002000 -0.002000 -0.004500 -0.012000 -0.027000
-0.001875 -0.003500 -0.003500 -0.006750 -0.016500 -0.036000
-0.003000 -0.005000 -0.005000 -0.009000 -0.021000 -0.045000
43500 29000 29000 0 -60000 -60000
10875 -14500 -14500 -60000 -60000 -60000
-21750 -58000 -58000 -60000 -60000 -60000
-54375 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
-60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
72.18 46.08 46.08 0.00 -108.00 -108.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
-108.00 -108.00 -108.00 -108.00 -108.00 -108.00
 242.76 182.07 182.07 121.38 60.69 30.35
0.729 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900
206.9 120.2 120.2 13.4 -155.3 -185.7 -216.0
151 108 108 12 -140 -167 -194
324.81 207.36 207.36 0.00 -486.00 -486.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
486.00 486.00 486.00 486.00 486.00 486.00
1201.66 1017.32 1017.32 755.59 416.49 217.92
2012 1711 1711 1242 416 218 0
1468 1540 1540 1117 375 196 0
9.72 14.24 14.24 92.79 -2.68 -1.17

0.1597 0.1358 0.1358 0.0985 0.0331 0.0173 0.0000

0.2464 0.1430 0.1430 0.0159 -0.1849 -0.2210 -0.2571
0.1597 0.1358 0.1358 0.0985 0.0331 0.0173 0.0000
 Circular Column Capacity

Pu = 400 k
Mu = 300 ft-k = 3600 k-in
h= 20 in.
g= 0.75 Note: This spreadsheet is
fc' = 4000 psi d1 based on an assumption
d2 that there are 8 bars in the
fy = 60000 psi
d3 column. The value of Ast
Ast = 12.50 in2 entered is divided into 8
d equal bars and
Ag = 314.2 in2 h
4 d5 calculations are based on
rt = 0.03979 gh bar locations shown on the
b1 = 0.85 drawing. If the actual
ey = 0.002069 number of bars is different
Es = 29000 ksi from 8, slight errors will
cbal = 10.36 in. result.
c.005 = 6.5625 in.
-

-
Po = (0.85fc'An + Asfy) = 1775.6 kips
fPo = 1132.0 kips <--- ACI 318-2014 Table 22.4.2.1a
cb
c= 23.53 20 18 16 14 13 12 11 10.36 10.00 9
a= 20.0000 17.0000 15.3000 13.6000 11.9000 11.0500 10.2000 9.3500 8.8036 8.5000 7.6500
es1 = 0.002681 0.002625 0.002583 0.002531 0.002464 0.002423 0.002375 0.002318 0.002276 0.002250 0.002167
es2 = 0.002401 0.002295 0.002217 0.002119 0.001994 0.001916 0.001826 0.001719 0.001640 0.001591 0.001434
es3 = 0.001725 0.001500 0.001333 0.001125 0.000857 0.000692 0.000500 0.000273 0.000103 0.000000 -0.000333
es4 = 0.001049 0.000705 0.000449 0.000131 -0.000279 -0.000532 -0.000826 -0.001174 -0.001433 -0.001591 -0.002101
es5 = 0.000769 0.000375 0.000083 -0.000281 -0.000750 -0.001038 -0.001375 -0.001773 -0.002069 -0.002250 -0.002833
 fs1 = 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000 60000
fs2 = 60000 60000 60000 60000 57813 55568 52949 49853 47548 46139 41599
fs3 = 50025 43500 38667 32625 24857 20077 14500 7909 3000 0 -9667
fs4 = 30416 20431 13034 3788 -8099 -15414 -23949 -34035 -41548 -46139 -60000
fs5 = 22294 10875 2417 -8156 -21750 -30115 -39875 -51409 -60000 -60000 -60000
C or T1 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44 88.44
C or T2 176.88 176.88 176.88 176.88 170.04 163.03 154.84 145.17 137.96 133.56 119.37
C or T3 145.70 125.31 110.21 91.33 67.05 52.12 34.69 24.72 9.37 0.00 -30.21
C or T4 84.43 53.22 40.73 11.84 -25.31 -48.17 -74.84 -106.36 -129.84 -144.18 -187.50
C or T5 29.52 16.99 3.78 -12.74 -33.98 -47.06 -62.30 -80.33 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75
q= 6.2832 4.6924 4.2588 3.8781 3.5239 3.3520 3.1816 3.0115 2.9017 2.8405 2.6672
segment= 314.159 284.609 257.884 227.493 194.850 178.041 161.079 144.089 133.208 127.193 110.516
Cc = 1068.14 967.67 876.80 773.48 662.49 605.34 547.67 489.90 452.91 432.45 375.75
f= 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.750 0.759 0.789
Pn = 1775.6 1593.1 1428.5 1296.8 1129.2 928.7 813.7 688.5 561.5 465.1 416.5 272.1
Pu = 1331.7 1195 1071 973 847 697 610 516 421 349 316 215
yc = 0.00000 0.85 1.58 2.38 3.24 3.68 4.14 4.60 4.90 5.07 5.54
M1 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28 663.28
M2 938.02 938.02 938.02 938.02 901.79 864.58 821.17 769.87 731.65 708.30 633.06
M3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
M4 -447.73 -282.25 -216.01 -62.78 134.23 255.46 396.90 564.06 688.57 764.65 994.37
M5 -221.41 -127.44 -28.32 95.58 254.88 352.91 467.29 602.45 703.13 703.13 703.13
Mc = 0.00 825.55 1382.20 1840.63 2145.04 2229.29 2265.31 2252.32 2218.17 2190.60 2081.52
Mn = 0 932 2017 2739 3475 4099 4366 4614 4852 5005 5030 5075
Mu = 0 699 1513 2054 2606 3074 3274 3460 3639 3754 3819 4005
e= 0.59 1.41 2.11 3.08 4.41 5.37 6.70 8.64 10.76 12.08 18.65

Pmax 1132.0 1132.0

0 1513

Pbal = 0 465.1
Mbal = 0 5005
P.005 = 0 -34.7
M.005 = 0 4278
 d1 = 2.5 y1 = 7.50 in.

d2 = 4.70 y2 = 5.30 in.

his spreadsheet is
n an assumption d3 = 10 y3 = 0 in.
re are 8 bars in the
The value of Ast
is divided into 8 d4 = 15.30 y4 = 5.30 in.
ars and
ions are based on
d5 = 17.5 y5 = 7.50 in.
tions shown on the
. If the actual
of bars is different
slight errors will

Kn = 0.424412
Rn = 0.190985

c.005
8 7 6.5625 6 5 4 3 2 1.5 1
6.8000 5.9500 5.5781 5.1000 4.2500 3.4000 2.5500 1.7000 1.2750 0.8500
0.002063 0.001929 0.001857 0.001750 0.001500 0.001125 0.000500 -0.000750 -0.002000 -0.004500
0.001239 0.000987 0.000853 0.000652 0.000182 -0.000523 -0.001697 -0.004045 -0.006393 -0.011090
-0.000750 -0.001286 -0.001571 -0.002000 -0.003000 -0.004500 -0.007000 -0.012000 -0.017000 -0.027000
-0.002739 -0.003559 -0.003996 -0.004652 -0.006182 -0.008477 -0.012303 -0.019955 -0.027607 -0.042910
-0.003563 -0.004500 -0.005000 -0.005750 -0.007500 -0.010125 -0.014500 -0.023250 -0.032000 -0.049500
 59813 55929 53857 50750 43500 32625 14500 -21750 -58000 -60000
35923 28627 24735 18898 5278 -15153 -49204 -60000 -60000 -60000
-21750 -37286 -45571 -58000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
-60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
-60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000 -60000
88.14 82.08 78.84 73.98 62.66 45.66 17.34 -33.98 -90.63 -93.75
101.64 78.83 66.67 48.43 16.49 -47.35 -153.76 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50
-67.97 -116.52 -142.41 -181.25 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50
-187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50 -187.50
-93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75 -93.75
2.4901 2.3076 2.2255 2.1174 1.9164 1.7000 1.4605 1.1834 1.0210 0.8306
94.189 78.352 71.615 63.156 48.775 35.414 23.330 12.875 8.418 4.613
320.24 266.40 243.49 214.73 165.84 120.41 79.32 43.77 28.62 15.68
0.826 0.874 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.900 0.9
160.8 29.5 -34.7 -125.4 -223.8 -350.0 -525.8 -646.5 -718.3 -734.3 -750.0
133 26 -31 -113 -201 -315 -473 -582 -646 -661 -675
6.02 6.50 6.72 6.99 7.49 7.98 8.48 8.99 9.24 9.49
661.08 615.57 591.29 554.88 469.92 342.48 130.08 -254.88 -679.69 -703.13
539.01 418.08 353.59 256.85 87.46 -251.13 -815.45 -994.37 -994.37 -994.37
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37 994.37
703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13 703.13
1927.58 1732.52 1635.51 1501.49 1241.34 961.10 672.81 393.31 264.41 148.86
4825 4464 4278 4011 3496 2750 1685 842 288 149 0
3988 3903 3850 3610 3147 2475 1516 757 259 134 0
30.01 151.11 -123.44 -32.00 -15.62 -7.86 -3.20 -1.30 -0.40 -0.20
 CIrcular Column Interaction Diagram
2000
Pn vs Mn
1800
Axial Load Capacity, kips

Pu vs Mu
1600
Pmax
1400 Applied Pu and Mu
1200 balanced case
1000 strain of .005

800
600
400
200
0
0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000
-200
-400
-600
Moment Capacity, kip-inches