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TRUSS COLUMN PEDESTAL DESIGN C13

General column design by PROKON. (GenCol Ver W3.0.16 - 24 Nov 2017)

Design code : ACI 318 - 2014

ACI 318 - 2014
Y
General design parameters:
Given:
Lo = 1.000 m
fc' = 35 MPa 1000
fy = 420 MPa
Ac = 777683 mm²
X X
500
Assumptions:
(2) The specified design axial loads include
the self-weight of the column.
(3) The design axial loads are taken constant
0
over the height of the column.

1000
500
Design approach: Y
0
The column is designed using the following procedure:
(1) The column design charts are constructed.
(2) The design axis and design ultimate moment are determined .
(3) The design axial force and moment capacity is checked on
the relevant design chart.
(4) The procedure is repeated for each load case.
(5) The critical load case is identified as the case yielding the lowest
safety factor about the design axis

Through inspection:
Load case 1 (1) is critical.

Check column slenderness:

End fixity and bracing for bending about the Design axis:
The column is unbraced.

Effective length factor ß = 2.00 Table 3.21

Effective column height:

k Lu = ß . Lo
= 2 ×1
= 2.000 m

Column slenderness about weakest axis:

k Lu
k Lu/r =
r
2
=
.21574
= 9.270
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Minimum Moments for Design:

Check for mininum eccentricity:
Check that the eccentricity exceeds the minimum in the plane of bending:

6.6.4.5.4

eminx = 0.015 + 0.03 . h

= 0.015 + 0.03 ×.75
= 0.0375 m

6.6.4.5.4

eminy = 0.015 + 0.03 . b

= 0.015 + 0.03 ×1.05
= 0.0465 m

Mminx = eminx. N
= .0465 ×1140
= 53.010 kNm

Check if the column is slender: 6.2.5

kLux/r = 9.3 < 22 = 22 6.2.5
\ The column is short.

Initial moments:
The initial end moments about the X-X axis:

M1 = Smaller initial end moment = 0.0 kNm

M2 = Larger initial end moment = 0.0 kNm

The initial end moments about the Y-Y axis:

M1 = Smaller initial end moment = 0.0 kNm

M2 = Larger initial end moment = 480.0 kNm

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Design ultimate load and moment:

Design axial load:
Pu = 1140.0 kN

Moments about X-X axis( kNm)

Mx=0.0 kNm
Mxtop=0.0 kNm Mxmin=53.0 kNm

+ =

Mxbot=0.0 kNm

Initial Additional Design

Moments about Y-Y axis( kNm)

My=480.0 kNm
Mytop=0.0 kNm Mymin=42.8 kNm

+ =

Mybot=-480.0 kNm

Initial Additional Design

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Design of column section for ULS:

The column is checked for applied moment about the design axis.
Through inspection: the critical section lies at the bottom end of the column.
The design axis for the critical load case 1 lies at an angle of 90.00° to the X-axis
The safety factor for the critical load case 1 is 5.22

For bending about the design axis:

Interaction Diagram
15E3

Moment max = 2543 kNm @ 7077kN

14E3
13E3
12E3
11E3
10E3
9000
8000
Axial load (kN)

7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
-2800
-2600
-2400
-2200
-2000
-1800
-1600
-1400
-1200
-1000

1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000
2200
2400
2600
2800
1140 kN
-800
-600
-400
-200
0.00
200
400
600
800

1000
480 kNm

-1000
-2000
-3000

Bending moment (kNm)

Moment distribution along the height of the column for bending about the design axis:

The final design moments were calculated as the vector sum of the X- and Y- moments
of the critical load case. This also determined the design axis direction

At the top, Mx = 42.8 kNm

Near mid-height, Mx = 288.0 kNm
At the bottom, Mx = 480.0 kNm
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Stresses at the bottom end of the column for the critical load case 1

ACI 318 - 2014

Y D
M

1000
90.0°
90.0°
X X
500

0
1000
500

M
D
Y
0

Summary of design calculations:

Design table for critical load case:

Moments and Reinforcement for LC 1:1

Top Middle Bottom
Madd-x (kNm) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Madd-y (kNm) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mx (kNm) 0.0 0.0 0.0
My (kNm) 0.0 288.0 -480.0
Mmin (kNm) 33.4 0.0 33.4
M-design (kNm) 42.8 288.0 480.0
Design axis (°) 90.00 90.00 90.00
Safety factor 12.30 8.21 5.22
Asc (mm²) 9817 9817 9817
Percentage 1.25 % 1.25 % 1.25 %
AsNom (mm²) 7777 7777 7777
Critical load case: LC 1

Design results for all load cases:

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Safety
Load case Axis N (kN) M1 (kNm) M2 (kNm) Mi (kNm) Madd (kNm) Design M (kNm) M' (kNm) factor

Load case 1 X-X 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

1 Y-Y 1140.0 0.0 480.0 288.0 0.0 Bottom 480.0 480.0 5.216

Load case 2 X-X 0.0 -2.0 -1.2 0.0 2.0

2 Y-Y -26.0 0.0 110.0 66.0 0.0 Bottom 110.0 110.0 10.323

Load case 3 X-X 0.0 -23.0 -13.8 0.0 23.0

3 Y-Y 27.0 0.0 -99.0 -59.4 0.0 Bottom 99.0 101.6 13.730

Load case 4 X-X 0.0 16.0 9.6 0.0 16.0

4 Y-Y 833.0 0.0 -309.0 -185.4 0.0 Bottom 309.0 309.4 8.158

Load case 5 X-X 0.0 -3.0 -1.8 0.0 3.0

5 Y-Y 890.0 0.0 -430.0 -258.0 0.0 Bottom 430.0 430.0 5.587

Load case 1 (1) is critical.