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Columns Under Biaxial Bending;

 There are situations, by no means exceptional, in which axial compression

is a companied by simultaneous bending about both principal axes of the
section.
 Such is the case for instance, in corner columns of building where beams
and girders frame into the columns in the direction of both walls and
transfer their end moments into the columns in two perpendicular planes.
 Similar loading may occur at interior columns, particularly if the column
layout is irregular.

MnY

MnY

MnX

MnX
𝑒𝑥 𝑀𝑛𝑦
λ = tan = tan
𝑒𝑦 𝑀𝑛𝑥

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Reciprocal load Method;

 A simple, approximate design method developed by Bresler.

 Bresler’s equation;
= + −
Where; Pn: approximate value of nominal load in biaxial bending with
eccentricities ex and ey.
Pnxo: nominal load when only eccentricity ey is present (ex=0)
Pnyo: nominal load when only eccentricity ex is present (ey=0)
Po: nominal load for concentrically loaded column.
Bresler’s equation has been found to be acceptably accurate for design
purposes provided 𝑃𝑛 > 0.1𝑃
‫ > 𝑛𝑃 اما اذا كان اقل فانة ممكن اهمال‬0.1𝑃 ‫معادلة بريسلير تعطى نتائج جيدة عندما يكون الحمل المسلط‬
‫الحمل المحوري وبالتالي يصمم العمود كعتبة‬

Example; check the adequacy of the column shown in Figure, if Pu=1200KN,

Mux=90KN.m, Muy=180KN.m Fc’=30Mpa, Fy=400Mpa.

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 For bending about y-axis

𝑒 = = × 1000 = 150𝑚𝑚

= = 0.3 𝐴𝑠 = 8 × 616 = 4928𝑚𝑚 𝜌 = = 0.033

×
𝛾= = = 0.7 → 𝐾 = = 0.62𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒
. .
𝑃𝑛 = 𝑃𝑛𝑦𝑜 = 0.62 × 30 × 300 × 500 × 10 = 2790𝐾𝑁
 For bending about x-axis
𝑒 = = × 1000 = 75𝑚𝑚
×
= = 0.25 𝛾= = = 0.6

𝐾 = 0.67 = 𝑃𝑛 = 𝑃𝑛𝑥𝑜 = 0.67 × 30 × 300 × 500 × 10 = 3015𝐾𝑁

. .

 For pure axial (ex=0 & ey=0).

𝑃 = 0.85𝐹𝑐 𝐴𝑔 − 𝐴𝑠𝑡 + 𝐴𝑠𝑡. 𝐹𝑦 = 0.85 × 30 300 × 500 − 8 × 616
+ 8 × 616 × 400 = 5670.5𝐾𝑁
= + −

= + −
.
𝑃𝑛 = 1946 𝑘𝑁
∅𝑃𝑛 = 0.65 × 1946 = 1265 𝑘𝑁 < ∅𝑃𝑛, max = 𝛼𝑃 = 0.8 × 5670.5 = 4536 𝑂. 𝐾.
Pu (applied)=1200<ØPn (resistance)=1246 O.K.