Workout Example Design of Axially Load Column

Dead load on column Pu  1350kN

Compressive strength of concrete f'c  25 MPa

Yeild strength of reinforcement fy  390  MPa

Material Assumption

Strength reduction factors confinement ϕ 

Cover to transversal reinforcement CL  40mm

Diameter of tensile reinfocement D  16mm

Diameter of stirrup reinforcement Dv  10mm

Material Assumption

Solution
Column section Design

ρg  0.03

Pu 2
Ag  Ag  803.452  cm
 
0.80 ϕ 0.85 f'c 1  ρg  fy  ρg
 

20cm Ag
k  h  b  k  h
20cm k

h  ceil   50mm  0.3 m

h
 h  300  mm
 50mm 

b  ceil   50mm  0.3 m

b 2
 b  300  mm h  b  900  cm
 50mm 
Steel area
Pu
 0.85 f'c Ag
0.80 ϕ 2
Ast  Ast  24.104 cm
0.85 f'c  fy

2
π ( D mm) 2
DB( n D)  n  12 DB 16  24.127 cm
4
Lateral ties

Dv  8mm

D  16mm


s  min 16 D 48 Dv b  s  256  mm

s  floor   50mm
s
 s  250  mm
 50mm 

Case of axially loaded circalar column

Assume ρg  0.03

Pu

0.85 ϕ 2
Ag  Ag  756.19 cm

0.85 f'c 1  ρg  fy  ρg 
 Ag 
Diameter of column Dc  Ceil 50mm Dc  350  mm
 π 
2  4 
π Dc 2
Ag  Ag  962.113  cm
4

Pu
 0.85 f'c Ag
0.85 ϕ 2
Ast  Ast  10.819 cm
0.85 f'c  fy

Ast
ρg  ρg  0.011
Ag

Ds  Dc  2   CL  Dv  
D
Ds  238  mm
 2

2
π ( 20mm) 2
n s  8 As0  Ast  n s As0  25.133 cm
4
π Ds
s   93.462 mm
ns

 
ϕPn.max  0.85 ϕ 0.85 f'c Ag  Ast  fy  Ast
  ϕPn.max  1641.621 kN

ϕPn.max  Pu  1