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Page B. What sort of lateral confinement can a given spiral provide? Consider a length of a spiral-wrapped circular section: for a length “S”: volume of spiral = spit D (approximately) volume of concrete = (mD?/4)S _ volume of spiral 4Asy Le! Ps = Sohume of concrete ~ “DS s | Calculate equivalent confinement: te f'2DS=2Aghys oF f'2= (psfysi2 from previous research: D fl = 085fe' + 4.0fy/ = 0.85f' + ahs Se = O85f." + 0p hys Ashys of Ql us ACL objective is to insure that Pp > Py. ‘Therefore, make sure spiral increases capacity of core enough to make up for loss of shell. Py = Aafy + O.85f (dg - As) ~ A) OBS c + 2psbys) Before shell spalls: After shell spalls: Pp = Ady + (Acore page Set Py = Px, calculate like terms, expand: Ay + ORSE’Ay — OBSEIAL = Ad + Auwl(O85E0 + 2p.5) — A(O8SE!) — 2A,psb, Small Ignore the last term ~ very small then; O.85f'(Ag — Accor) = Acore(2 Ps fys) solve for spiral reinforcement ratio we have: 0.85f'(Ag — core Ps = Roos) = 0.425fe! (Ag _ Poe Ts (ee conservatively, change 0.425 to 0.45 to get Eq. 10-6 of ACI-02: = vaste _ ') Pay be ( Acos \which says that the ratio of spiral reinforcement shall not be less than the value given by the equation reinforcement but not more than 60,000 psi. or above; where fy isthe specified yield strength of spi 3.8, Maximum Loads for Spiral Column Prior to spalling of shell: same as tied column. Pa= P= Achy + 0.85f (Ag As) after spalling of shell: Pp = Agfly + (Acore ~ As(0.85%¢ + 2psfys) or Pp = Aly + (Acore ~ As)0.85f"c + (Acore ~ As)(2Psfys)

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