BEAM-COLUMNS

PROF. V. KALYANARAMAN

Department of Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Chennai 600036
email: kalyan@civil.iitm.ernet.in

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 DESIGN OF BEAM COLUMNS
INTRODUCTION
SHORT & LONG BEAM-COLUMNS Modes of failure
Ultimate strength
BIAXIALLY BENT BEAM-COLUMNS
DESIGN STRENGTH EQUATIONS
Local Section Flexural Yielding
Overall Member Flexural Buckling

STEPS IN ANALYSING BEAM-COLUMNS

ANALYSIS EXAMPLE
SUMMARY

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 INTRODUCTION
Causes Of Bending In Beam Columns
Eccentric Compression
Joint Moments in Braced Frames Rigid

Sway Moments in Unbraced Frames

Biaxial Moments in Corner Columns of

Frames

y z
x

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 SHORT BEAM-COLUMNS
fy fy fy fy

= +
PM

fy fy fy fy
fy
Pcs MP Fc M
Axial Bending Combined compression
compression moment and bending, P&
M

Pcs = Ag * fy MP = Z * fy

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 SHORT BEAM-COLUMNS
1.0 Short column
loading curve
Fc/Pcs

F0/Pcs Failure
envelope
Fcl /Pcs

Eqn. 3

O Mo/Mp Mmax/Mp 1.0 M/Mp

M / MP  1.0
Eqn 3
Fc / Pcs + 0.85 M / MP  1.0
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 LONG BEAM COLUMNS
Non – Sway Frame
 M0 M0

P *

0
Linear
Non-Linear

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 LONG BEAM-COLUMNS
Sway Frames
 M
0 M0

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 LONG BEAM-COLUMNS
M0/MP= 0.0

P/Pcr = 0.0 A
M0 1.0 B
0.1
0.5 P. 0.5
Pcr
0.8
0.8

1.0 O
 

0 0 Cm M0
    M max 
1  P  1 P  1 P 
   P   PE 
 PE  E 
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 LONG BEAM-COLUMNS
1.0 Short column
loading curve
Fc/Pcs Failure Envelope
F0/Pcs

Long columns
Fcl /Pcs loading curve

Eqn. 3

Mo/Mp Mmax/Mp 1.0

M / MP
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 SLENDER BEAM-COLUMNS
Uniaxial Bending
After correcting for sway
After correcting for sway and and bow (P- and P-)
bow (P- and P-)
1.0 1.0
Short column Short column
Fc/Pcs failure envelope failure envelope
After correction Fc/Pcs
Fcl/Pcs for (P-) effect
A After
Fcl/Pcs correction
P* for (P-) effect
P*
 

1.0 1.0
My/Mpy Mx/Mpx
Minor axis bending
Major axis bending

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 SLENDER BEAM-COLUMNS
Mx
Mpx
A
P/Py < 0.25

C’
B
E P/Py >0.5
C
D Short Column
F
F’
F’’ Slender Column

O 
Fig. 7 Beam-column Moment Rotation Behaviour

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BEAM-COLUMNS / BIAXIAL BENDING

Fcl/Pcs

/r = 0

/r increases

My/ Mpy Mx/Mpx

Fig. 8 beam-columns under Biaxial Bending

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 DESIGN STRENGTH EQUATIONS
Local Section Failure

Fc M x
M y
   1.0
A g f yd Z x f yd Z y f yd
Overall Member failure

Fc Mx My
x  y  1.0
Fcl M ux M uy
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STEPS IN BEAM-COLUMN ANALYSIS

Steps in Beam-Column Analysis

 Calculate section properties
 Evaluate the type of section

 Check using interaction equation for section

yielding
 Check using interction equation for overall

buckling

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 SUMMARY
 Short Beam-Columns Fail by Section
Plastification
 Slender Beam-Columns may Fail By
 Section Plstification
 Overall Flexural Yielding
 Overall Torsional-Flexural Buckling
 Intetaction Eqs. Conservatively Consider
 P- and P- Effects
 Advanced Analysis Methods Account for P- 
and P-  Effects, directly & more accuraely

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