REINFORCED CONCRETE

UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE
SANTANDER

LUIS E. ZAPATA ORDUZ, PhD

Facultad de Ingenierías Físico-Mecánicas
Escuela de Ingeniería Civil

Bucaramanga, II semestre 2022

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DESIGN AIDS

▪ Design Aids → instead of plotting the pairs: Pn-Mn, corresponding

parameters: Kn-Rn are used to make the charts more generally applicable

▪ Design Aids: Kn→ representing load & Rn → representing moment

▪ Families of curves are drawn for various values of ρ between 0.01 and
0.08 (following the ACI reinforcing steel limits)

▪ These aids permit the direct design of eccentrically loaded columns

throughout the common range of strength and geometric variables
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Load

Moment
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Changing of … γ
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ξ ξ

γ = (h - 2ξ)/h
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Changing of …

Steel disposition
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Changing of …

Concrete strength f´c

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Circular columns
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EXAMPLE

In a wind zone, a building will be working as a heavy

industry from 1st to 3rd floor; offices at 4th floor and restaurant
at 5th floor. All the floors (including roof) will consist in a solid
slab h = 100 mm. The first floor will be 3.4 m high
(architecture); the remaining stories are 3.0 m high.
6.10
5.40
Using f ´c = 28 MPa, fy = fyt = 420 MPa & Dsup by floors
'uses. For the internal column B3 (600 x 600) mm using
design aids, find: (i) the required column steel reinforcement
and (ii) the axial & bending design capacity.

6.20
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6.10
5.40

6.20
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6.10
5.40

The column will be testing

using Ec. (B.2.4-4):

Pu = 4800 [kN]
6.20
Mu = 400 [kN-m]
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Using design aids, the column
parameters are:
γ = (600 – 2 x 70)/600
0.73 γ = 0.77

0.10
R.4-60.7 → ???
6.10
5.40 R.4-60.8 → ???

Ast = ??
x x

70 [mm]

Stirrups N°4
6.20 (try) 70 [mm]

Trial column cross-section 600 x 600 [mm]

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Load

Recall:
ϕPn = Pu

Moment
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Using design aids, the column
parameters are:
γ = (600 – 2 x 70)/600
0.73 γ = 0.77

0.10
R.4-60.7 → ~1.2%
6.10
5.40
R.4-60.8 → ???
Ast = ??

x x

70 [mm]

Stirrups N°4
6.20 (try) 70 [mm]

Trial column cross-section 600 x 600 [mm]

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So, We already have from R.4-60.7:

ρ → 1.20% (conservative)
Ast-req = 4320 mm2

600 [mm]

6.10
5.40

≤ 150 [mm] Ast = ??? 600 [mm]

Stirrups N°4 ≤ 150 [mm]

(try)
Trial column cross section
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ρ → 1.20% (trial)
Ast-req = 4320 mm2
ρ → 1.29% (field)

600 [mm]

6.10
5.40

≤ 150 [mm] 600 [mm]

Stirrups N°4
(try) ≤ 150 [mm]
Trial column cross section

6.20 Try:
Ast = 12N°7
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So, We already have:

ρ → 1.20% (trial)
ρ → 1.29% (field)
600 [mm]

5.40
Try:
135.27 ≤ 150 [mm] Ast = 12N°7 600 [mm]

Stirrups N°4
(try) 135.27 ≤ 150 [mm]

Trial column cross section

Using design aids, determine Pn for

the short-tied column proposed.
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1. Find e/h
e = 83.33 [mm] & h = 600 [mm]
We have: e/h = 0.14
Assuming Kn = 0.80 → Rn ~ 0.11

Ast = 12N°7

Trial column cross-section 600 x 600 [mm]

2. Hence Rntrue ~ 0.10

We have: Pn = [f´c Agh]Rn/e
Hence: Pn|N-S = 7257.9 [kN]
Checking the CCF → ϕ = 0.65 [HW]
DCRp = Pu/ϕPn = 1.02 > 1.0 ¡NO!
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3. Since Rntrue ~ 0.10

We have: Mn = [f´c Agh]Rn
Hence: Mn|E-W = 604.80 [kN-m]
DCRb = Mu/ϕMn = 1.02 > 1.0 ¡NO!

Ast = 12N°7

Trial column cross-section 600 x 600 [mm]

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