Situation 2 - Refer to the figure.

A 600 mm square column is centrally located or a pile cap supported by 9 of 350 mm square precast concrete
piles.

Dimensions:
a = 0.6 m
b = 1.2 m
c = 0.6 m
d = 1.0 m

Effective Depth of pile Cap 400 mm

Net Ultimate Axial Load 2500 kN Net
Net Ultimate Moment About the y-axis = 250 kN-m
Concrete Compressive Strength, fc' = 20.7 MPa
Reinforcing Steel Yield Strength, fy = 413 MPa

Strength Reduction factors

0.75 for Shear
0.90 for Moment

Determine the maximum wide beam shear stress (MPa) in the pile cap.
A. 0.86 C. 0.98
B. 1.14 D. 1.06

Determine the punching shear stress (MPa) on the most heavily loaded pile.
A. 0.20 C. 0.40
B. 0.35 D. 0.31

Determine the required spacing (mm) of 20 mm diameter bars for the critical moment.
A. 255 C. 190
B. 160 D. 114

Given:
My ≔ 250 kN ⋅ m
Pu ≔ 2500 kN
n≔9
ϕs ≔ 0.75 Pu
R2 ≔ ―― = 277.78 kN
ϕm ≔ 0.9 n
r ≔ 1.2 m Pu T⋅r
R1 ≔ ―― + ――= 312.5 kN
J ≔ 6 ⋅ ⎛⎝r 2 ⎞⎠ = 8.64 m 2 n J
T ≔ My = 250 kN ⋅ m Pu T⋅r
R3 ≔ ―― - ――= 243.06 kN
n J

case1

d ≔ 400 mm
bw1 ≔ 2 ⋅ 0.6 m + 2 ⋅ 1 m = 3.2 m
3 ⋅ R1
vw1 ≔ ―――― = 0.98 MPa
ϕs ⋅ bw1 ⋅ d

case2

bw2 ≔ 2 ⋅ 0.6 m + 2 ⋅ 1.2 m = 3.6 m

R1 + R2 + R3
vw2 ≔ ――――― = 0.77 MPa
ϕs ⋅ bw2 ⋅ d

vw ≔ max ⎛⎝vw1 , vw2⎞⎠ = 0.977 MPa

case1
Mu1 ≔ ((1.2 m - 0.3 m)) ⋅ 3 ⋅ R1 = 843.75 kN ⋅ m
b1 ≔ 3.2 m

case2
Mu2 ≔ ((1 m - 0.3 m)) ⋅ ⎛⎝R1 + R2 + R3⎞⎠ = 583.33 kN ⋅ m z1 ≔ 350 mm
b2 ≔ 3.6 m z2 ≔ 350 mm
bop ≔ 4 ⋅ 750 mm
Mu ≔ max ⎛⎝Mu1 , Mu2⎞⎠ = 843.75 kN ⋅ m R1
vup ≔ ―――― = 0.347 MPa
ϕs ⋅ bop ⋅ d
Given:
2 fc' ≔ 20.7 MPa
As ≔ ρ ⋅ b1 ⋅ d = 6005.644 mm fy ≔ 413 MPa
ϕb ≔ 20 mm Mu
π Rn ≔ ―――― = 1.83 MPa
Ab ≔ ―⎛⎝ϕb⎞⎠ 2 = 314.159 mm 2 ϕm ⋅ b1 ⋅ d 2
4 ⎛
As ⋅ s ＝ Ab ⋅ L 0.85 ⋅ fc' 2 ⋅ Rn ⎞
‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾
ρ1 ≔ ――― ⎜1 - 1 - ―――⎟ = 0.00469
fy ⎜⎝ 0.85 fc' ⎟⎠
1.4
Ab ⋅ 3.2 m ρmin ≔ ―― = 0.003
s ≔ ―――― = 167.394 mm 413
As ρ ≔ max ⎛⎝ρ1 , ρmin⎞⎠ = 0.00469