DESIGN OF AXIALLY LOADED TIED COLUMNS

REFERENCE:
NSCP 2015, Volume 1, Sixth Edition

MATERIALS:
fc' = 28.00 MPa Compressive Strength of Concrete
fy = 275.00 MPa Yield Strength of Steel Reinforcements
φA = 0.70 Reduction Factor for Tied Axially
Loaded Columns
DIMENSIONS:
H = 6000.00 mm Column Height
b = 250.00 mm Width of Column (Shorter Dimension)
h = 250.00 mm Overall Depth of Column
Ag = 62500. sq.mm Gross Area of Concrete

STEEL REINFORCEMENTS:
θt = 10.00 mm Tie Diameter
θ = 16.00 mm Bar Diameter
n = 4.00 No. of Bars
As = 804.25 sq.mm Area of Steel Reinforcements
ρ = 0.0129 Reinforcement Ratio OK!

ρmin = 0.0051 Minimum Reinforcement Ratio

ρmax = 0.0404 Maximum Reinforcement Ratio

AXIAL LOAD:
Pu = 8.16 kN

AXIAL LOAD CAPACITY:

Pcap = 0.80(φA)[0.85(fc')(Ag-As) + fy(As)]
Pcap = 946.14 kN SECTION ADEQUATE!

LATERAL TIES/REINFORCEMENTS:
spcg = 16(θ) = 256.00 mm
= 48(θt) = 480.00 mm
= min of b & h = 250.00 mm
spcg = 250.00 mm
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1.1 SUSPENSION BRIDGE.xlsx 1 Axially Loaded Tied Columns

SUBJECT: DESIGN OF FOOTING

ultimate strength design:

β 1= 0.85 :for fc' ≤ 30MPa
Øm= 0.90 :reduction factor for moment
Øs= 0.85 :reduction factor for shear
qa,KPa= 130 :allowable bearing pressure for soil
3
p c,KN/m = 23.54 :concrete unit weight
3
p s,KN/m = 20 :soil unit weight
specifications:
fc',Mpa: 28
fy,Mpa: 275

FOOTING:
assumed dimensions:
B,m= 0.30 :width of concrete column
L,m= 0.30 :length of concrete column
hs,m= 1.50 :depth of soil from natural ground
hc,m= 0.3 :height of footing
b,m= 1.50 :width of footing
l,m= 1.50 :length of footing
A,m2= 2.25 :area of footing
h,mm= 300 :depth of footing
d,mm= 201 :effective depth of footing
design stresses:
DL: 0.32 :SDL
131.68 :DL weight total
132.00 :PTDL,KN
LL: 47.90 :PTLL,KN

a. footing dimension
effective soil pressure:
qe,Kpa= qa-ρ shs-ρ chc
qe,Kpa= 92.94

required area:
PTDL+PTLL
Areq'd,m2=
qe
2
Areq'd,m = 1.94
1.94 < 2.25 **O.K.**
Use: 1.5m x 1.5m
b. effective depth
b.1. punching
ultimate axial load:
Pu,KN= 1.4DL+1.7LL
Pu,KN= 266.23
ultimate soil pressure:
Pu
qu,KPa=
A
qu,KPa= 118.32
shear stress:
Vc,KN= qu [AT - (d+B)(d+L)]
Vc,KN= 236.53
3Vc
d,mm= 1/2
Ø(2B+2L)(fc')

d,mm= 131.47
131.47 < 201 **O.K.**

b.2. wide beam

shear stress:
Vc,KN= qub[0.50(b-B)-d]
Vc,KN= 70.82
6Vc
d,mm=
Øl(fc')1/2
d,mm= 62.98

62.98 < 201

dreq'd < dprovided **O.K.**
ADOPT: h = 300mm
c. bending capacity
nb,provided: 8 -D16mm BW
2
A1,mm = 201.06
ultimate soil pressure:
qu,KPa= 118.32
ultimate moment:
Mu,KN-m= 1/8[qul(b-B)2]
Mu,KN-m= 31.95
ρ by quadratic formula:
2 1/2
(-)b ± [b -4ac]
ρ=
2a
2 2
a: 96570113504.5 :0.59bd (fy /fc')
2
b: -16665412500 :(-)bd fy
c: 28752840 :ØMu

ρ 1= 0.1708
ρ 2= 0.0017
adopt ρ = 0.0017
ρ allowed by the code:
ρ min ≤ ρ ≤ ρ max :
1.4
ρ min=
fy
ρ min= 0.0051
0.85(600)β 1fc'
ρ bal=
(600+fy)fy
ρ bal= 0.0504
ρ max= 0.75β 1
ρ max= 0.0378
use ρ = 0.0051
area of bars required:
As,mm2= ρ bd
As,mm2= 1534.91

number of bars: ≥
As
nb=
Ab
nb= 7.634
8 ≤ 8
nreq'd ≤ nprovided **O.K.**
USE:8 D-16mm BW