Charts Examples The charts are drawn for 460 grade steel, the only grade steel generally used at present in the UK, for concrete grades of 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and 50 and for values of h/h of 0.9, 0.8, 0.7 and 0.6. 1. Short column Design the cross-section of a circular column to withstand the following moment and axial load at the ultimate limit state: M=153.5kNm N= 2400kN ‘The column is 400 mm diameter, requires 30 mm cover to the main bars and will be ‘made using $0 grade concrete. Assuming 25 mm bars, the cage diameter, h,, will be: 400-2 x 30-25 = 315 mm. Therefore hy/h = 315/400 = 0. Chart 23 will be near enough. From chart 23, 100 A,/A: = 1.95% Hence A,, = 2450 mm? Use six 25 mm bars = 2946 mm? 2. Slender column Design the critical section of the braced column shown in Figure 7. The column is 300 ‘mm in diameter and will be made of 40 grade concrete. (a) Estimate the effective length. The end conditions are best described as Type 2 in Table 3.21 of BS 8110 at both top and bottom. Hencel, = 0.85 x ly 0.85 x 7100 = 6035 mm Hence slenderness ratio = Lf = 6035/300 = 20.12 (b) Resolve moments to uniaxial moments, Thisgives My = -19.80kNm. M.= 41.34kNm20 N/mm? 15 N/h? 10 Iz ° 3 M/n? 4 N/mm? Th? Ae = Asc = total area of reinforcement = feu 40 fy 460 hs/n 0.60 epueyd35 30 25 20 N/mm? 15 N/n? 10 v , a) oe tey > f “ “ 2 oe ON ~“ prc Ty Lp) Ket.0 ee 2 3 4 : , M/h? N/mm? Th? cee ag Asc = total area of reinforcement hg/n 0.70 ph ueuDri 8 30 - > “A Yl - 1 / . 25 t } . i / g e “s ; < £ ’ + a ° s ‘ < > S a ' 2 / a C X = 40 0 5 ri 2 , . M/h? N/mm? & Th? Ac = ~4 sc = total area of reinforcement hg/h 0.80 st ueudTh? 30 4093 4c 4 4 04, Asc = total area 9 25 = of reinforcement . SC ot € ea a § 20 : : oS ‘ S La >») ” _ od £ 15 Ee 2 2 10 3 M/h3 4 N/mm? gL ueuD