DEVELOPMENT OF COLUMN

INTERACTION CURVES FOR

HIGHER GRADES OF
CONCRETE
 WHAT IS INTERACTION CURVE AND WHY WE NEED?

“_” POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS OF BANANA

AND ORANGES
WHY WE NEED?
• In case of column, “interaction diagram is a curve that shows the
possible combination of moment and axial load that cause failure to a
given cross section”.

NEED:
• To reduce iteration process of design of column.
• It gives an approximate idea about area of c/s required for the given
data without rigorous calculations in the initial design stages.
WHY INTERACTION CURVES ONLY FOR
COLUMN NOT MENTIONED FOR BEAM?

• BEAMS-which are basically flexure members and are always

subjected predominantly for bending moment only.

• Columns- needs a certain balancing consideration of these

two forces(axial force and bending moment) while designing
the capacity of a column section
 SHORT
COLUMN COLUMN

LONG COLUMN

COMBINED COMBINED
AXIALLY
AXIAL AND AXIAL AND
LOADED
UNIAXIAL BIAXIAL
COLUMN
BENDING BENDING
CASE 1: AXIALLY LOADED COLUMN
Load carrying capacity of column:
 Case 2: AXIAL+ UNIAXIAL BENDING MOMENT

When the neutral axis lies When the neutral axis lies
outside the within the
section section

**Using
stress block
parameters
**
CHARTS:
Rectangular sections –
a) for reinforcement on two
sides(*8 BARS) (Charts27 to 38)
and
b) reinforcement on four(*20
BARS)
sides (Charts 39 to 50)
Circular section-
Charts 51 to 62
• How this interaction curves(which are there in SP 16) are
developed(in detail)?
• How we need to develop interaction curves for higher grades
of concrete?
• Does other codes from(ACI,EUROCODE……) outside
country doesn’t have this ?
• If yes ,what is the procedure they adopted ,how we can differ
from that?