Lesson 6 - Columns

Where:

TIED COLUMN SPIRAL COLUMN

AXIALLY LOADED COLUMN

• Design of Tied Column

Where:

Lateral ties
10 mm diam. for ≤ 32 mm diam. main bars
12 mm diam. For > 32 mm diam. main bars

Spacing, S
(min. 12 mm diam.)
Spacing, S

Shall not exceed to:

•
•
•

Problem 6.1

Design a square tied column to support an axial dead load of 575 kN and an axial live load of 795 kN. Assume ,
Use 28 mm main bars and 10 mm ties.

Solution:

Square Tied Column:

Area of main bars:

Number of main bars:

RC 1 Page 1
 Number of main bars:

Spacing of Lateral Ties:

Therefore: Use 10 mm diameter lateral ties spaced @ 348 mm O.C.

Problem 6.2

A square tied column 450 mm on each side is reinforced with 8-25 mm bars with and . Determine the safe axial
live load if the axial dead load on the column is 820 kN.

Solution:

• Design of Spiral Columns

Where:

Minimum Spiral Ratio, or

Spacing of Spiral, S :

RC 1 Page 2
 Problem 6.3
Design a round spiral column to support an axial deadload of 800 kN and an axial live load of 1,350 kN. Assume that 2% longitudinal steel is desired,
and . Use 25 mm main reinforcement and 10 mm spiral with 30 mm steel covering.

Solution:

Square Tied Column:

Area of main bars:

Number of main bars:

Minimum Spiral Ratio,

Spacing of Spiral, S :

SHEAR IN COLUMN

Problem 6.4

RC 1 Page 3
Problem 6.4

From the given figure, determine the required spacing of lateral reinforcement for a factored shear load if the allowable shearing stress is
Clear concrete cover of 12 mm diameter ties is 40 mm. , and

Given :

Solution:

allowable concrete shear stress

Check the value of s:

PLASTIC CENTROID

Geometric Centroid - Based on Geometric Shape

Plastic Centroid - Location of the resultant force cause by the tensile force and the compressive

RC 1 Page 4
 Concrete : Steel :

Case 1 : Neglecting Concrete Holes

Case 2 : Considering Concrete Holes

If not specified, use Case 2 .

Problem 6.5

a.) Find the Geometric Centroid from Section A

b.) Plastic Centroid from Section A
c.) Bending Moment due to Pu=6,500 kN @ 270mm from section A.

Concrete cover from the centroid of bar

Solution:

a.) Find the Geometric Centroid from Section A

Geometric Centroid:

b.) Plastic Centroid from Section A

Concrete :

Steel :

RC 1 Page 5
 Plastic Centroid:

c.) Bending Moment due to Pu=6,500 kN @ 270mm from section A.

ECCENTRICALLY LOADED COLUMN

N.A.

Given:
700 mm

350 mm

fy = 414 MPa
f'c= 20.7 MPa
28 mm main bar

Req'd:
a.) Determine the nominal balanced load , balanced eccentricity and balanced moment of the column.
b.) Check the column adequacy for and
Load Diagram :
c.) Check the column adequacy for and

Strain Diagram :

Solution:

a.)

From the Strain Diagram:

RC 1 Page 6
 Considering Concrete Holes

b.) Check the column adequacy for and

Assume

RC 1 Page 7
 Column section is not adequate.

c.) Check the column adequacy for and

Eq.1

RC 1 Page 8
 Eq.2

From Eq.1 and Eq.2

Column section is adequate.

RC 1 Page 9