LATERAL TIES

Tied column has reinforcement consisting of vertical bars held in a position by lateral
reinforcement called lateral ties.
The ACI code provides that :
“All non pre-stressed bars for tied column shall be enclosed by lateral ties of at least No. 3 in
size for longitudinal bars No. 10 or smaller and atleast No. 4 in size for No. 11 to 18 and
bundled longitudinal bars. ”

The Code Provisions Simply Means that :

 If the main longitudinal reinforcement of a tied column is No. 10 bars or smaller
in size(lower than 30 mm), the Lateral Ties should not be smaller than No. 3 bars
or 10 mm diameter.
 If the main reinforcement of a tied column is No. 11 to No. 18 (35 mm to 66 mm)
and bundled bars, the Lateral Ties should not be less than No. 4 or 12 mm
diameter.

The Code further provides that Lateral Ties Spacing shall not exceed the ff. :
 16 x the longitudinal bar diameter
 48 x the lateral tie bar diameter or
 The least dimension of the column

A building has 26 squares columns 7.00 m high with cross sectional dimensions of .50m
x .50m with8 pieces 20mm main reinforcement. Find the lateral ties required using 10mm
and the corresponding tie wire.
1. Determine the spacing of the lateral ties.
16mm x 20mm = 320 mm or 32 cm
48mm x 10mm = 480 mm or 48 cm
the least dimension of the column is 50 cm.
2. Adopt 32 cm spacing of the lateral ties being the smallest value.
• 3. Determine the number of lateral ties in one column.
7.00m
• spacing¿ =21.875 = 22
.32m
• 4. Take note that this 22 is the spacing distance between lateral ties what we
are after is the number of ties in one column height . Add one to get the number of
lateral ties.
• No. of lateral ties: 22 + 1 = 23 pieces

• 5. Solve for the lateral ties in the 26 columns

Total ties: 23 x 26 columns =598 ties
• 6. Determine the length of one lateral tie. By inspection, the tie is 180 cm or 1.80
meters long.
• 7. Find how many 1.0 meters could be derived from a commercial length of steel
bars ranging from 6.00; 7.50 or 9.00 meters long. By trial division we have,
• 8. From the above results, select 5 for having exact value which means exactly 5
pieces could be derived from a 9.00 meters long steel bar.
• 9. Divide the total number of ties in step 5 by the values found in step 7 to get the
number of steel bars required.
• 598/5.0 = 119.6 = 120
• 10. Order: 120 pcs. 10mm x9.00mm meters long steel bars
•
• Solving for the tie wire :
• 1. Find the number of main reinforcement in one column multiplied by the number
of intersections with the lateral ties.
• 8bars x 23 lateral ties = 184 intersections per column
• 2. Find the total intersections in 26 columns:
184 x 26 = 4, 784 ties
• 3. This 4784 is the total number of Tie Wires. If each tie us 40 cm long multiply to
get the total length in meters.
• .40 x 4, 7874 = 1, 914 meters G.I. wire
• 4. One kg of No. 16 G.I. wire is approximately 53 meters, divide:
 1914
• = 36.11= 37 kgs.
53

Stirrups for Beam and Girder

• Stirrup is the structural reinforcing member that holds or binds together the main
reinforcement of a beam or girder to a designed position.
• TYPES:
• OPEN STIRRUPS
• CLOSED STIRRUPS

A reinforced concrete beam with a cross sectional dimensions as shown above specify the use of
10 mm open stirrups spaced as shown in the figure. If there are 16 beams of the same design,
find the materials required for the stirrups.

• 1. By direct counting, there are 17 stirrups at 99cm. Long say 1.00 meter.
• 2. find the total number of stirrups
• 17 x 16 beams =272 pieces
• 3. Refer to table 3-8. For a 1.00m long stirrup the choice is either 6.0m; 9.0m or
12.0m long steel bra. For easy handling use 6.0 m long. Divide:
• 272/6= 45.3 = 46 pieces ----- 10mm x 6.00 meters

SPIRAL AND COLUMN TIES

• The spiral reinforcement consist of every spaced continuous spirals held firmly in place
by at least three vertical bar spacers under the considerations
 That the center to center spacing of the spiral should not exceed 6th part of the
diameter core.
 That, the clear spacing between the spirals should not exceed 7.5 cm nor less than
5.0 cm.
 That the clear spacing between the spirals be less than 1-1/2 times the biggest size
of the coarse aggregate.