Tutorial 8 Week 8

Course: CIV3506 – Concrete Structures

Tutorial: 08

ANSWERS

Q1:
x = 244.8 mm

Q2:
i. Nuo = 7040 kN
ii. Nub = 1954 kN and Mub = 492.06 kNm
iii.
ku 1 0.8 0.545 0.4
Neutral axis depth, x (mm) 355 284 193.6364 142

Compressive steel strain esc 0.0026197 0.002524648 0.002303 0.002049

Tensile steel strain est 0 0.00075 0.0025 0.0045

Fsc (N) 800000 800000 736901.4 655774.6

Fst (N) 0 240000 800000 800000
Fc (N) 3698248 2958598.4 2017226 1479299

N (kN) 4498 3519 1954 1335

φ 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.66
φN (kN) 2698.9 2111.2 1172.5 885.6
M (kNm) 360.82 431.11 492.06 441.05
φM (kNm) 216.49 258.66 295.24 292.58
iv. Interaction diagram
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Nu* (kN )

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Mu* (kNm )

v. From the graph, M* = 275 kNm

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Tutorial 8 Week 8

Q3:
You can find the φ Nu and φ Mu values for ku = 1, 0.8, 0.545, 0.4, 0.2 (very similar to
Q2; use the following force diagram) to develop the interaction diagram. You need
to check the yielding condition for each layer.
εcu
εsc1 Fsc1

x = ku d
Fc
εsc2
Fsc2
600
300

700

εst2 Fst2

εst1 Fst1
400

Q4:
This question is also very similar to the Q2. For p= 0.01, the steel area, As = 0.01 x bD
= 1500 mm2. Therefore, Ast = Asc = 750 mm2. For these values, you may able to
develop an interaction diagram. Follow the same procedure for other values of p.
If the column need to design for N* = 2250 kN and M* = 200 kNm, (locate this point
into your plot and get the p value for that), p= 0.011 (approximately), then As = 1650
mm2

Q5:
You can use Chart 6.10
Now p = 0.025 (As = 2250 mm2)
M*/bD2 = 4.07 MPa (M* = 110 kNm)
From the chart N*/bD = 12.5
Therefore for As = 2250 mm2, N* = 1125 kN.
Now consider As = 3200 mm2
N*/bD = 17 thus N* = 1530 kN.
So, N*additional = 405 kN.

Q6:
i. k = 0.7 thus Le = 3.64 m
ii. 30.3 Slender column
iii. N*/bD = 23.5, = 0.025, As(total) = 4000 mm2 (use Chart 6.11)
iv. For slender column we need more steel, so try = 0.035 (5600 mm2)
Nc = 9,996 kN
v. b =1.443
vi. Now we can check whether the 5600 mm2 is adequate for N* and bM*. (It
is OK!). So required steel area is 5600 mm2