RC COLUMN DESIGN

In accordance with EN1992-1-1:2004 incorporating Corrigendum January 2008 and the Singapore
national annex
Tedds calculation version 1.3.05

Column input details

Column geometry
Overall depth (perpendicular to y axis); h = 1200 mm
Overall breadth (perpendicular to z axis); b = ;800; mm
Stability in the z direction; Braced
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Concrete details
Concrete strength class; C40/50
Partial safety factor for concrete (2.4.2.4(1)); C = 1.50
Coefficient cc (3.1.6(1)); cc = 0.85
Maximum aggregate size; dg = 20 mm
Reinforcement details
Nominal cover to links; cnom = 50 mm
Longitudinal bar diameter;  = 25 mm
Link diameter; v = 12 mm
Total number of longitudinal bars; N = 24
No. of bars per face parallel to y axis; Ny = ;6
No. of bars per face parallel to z axis; Nz = ;8
Area of longitudinal reinforcement; As = N    2 / 4 = 11781 mm2
Characteristic yield strength; fyk = 500 N/mm2
Partial safety factor for reinft (2.4.2.4(1)); S = 1.15
Modulus of elasticity of reinft (3.2.7(4)); Es = 200 kN/mm2
Fire resistance details
Fire resistance period; R = 60 min
Exposure to fire; Exposed on more than one side
Ratio of fire design axial load to design resistance; fi = 0.70

Axial load and bending moments from frame analysis

Design axial load; NEd = 5000.0 kN
Moment about y axis at top; Mtopy = ;2000.0; kNm
Moment about y axis at bottom; Mbtmy = ;75.0; kNm
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Column effective lengths
Effective length for buckling about y axis; l0y = ;6000; mm
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Calculated column properties

Concrete properties
Area of concrete; Ac = h  b = 960000 mm2
Characteristic compression cylinder strength; fck = 40 N/mm2
Design compressive strength (3.1.6(1)); fcd = cc  fck / C = 22.7 N/mm2
Mean value of cylinder strength (Table 3.1); fcm = fck + 8 MPa = 48.0 N/mm2
Secant modulus of elasticity (Table 3.1); Ecm = 22000 MPa  (fcm / 10 MPa)0.3 = 35.2 kN/mm2

Rectangular stress block factors

Depth factor (3.1.7(3)); sb = 0.8
Stress factor (3.1.7(3));  = 1.0

Strain limits
Compression strain limit (Table 3.1); cu3 = 0.00350
Pure compression strain limit (Table 3.1); c3 = 0.00175

Design yield strength of reinforcement

Design yield strength (3.2.7(2)); fyd = fyk / S = 434.8 N/mm2

Check nominal cover for fire and bond requirements

Min. cover reqd for bond (to links) (4.4.1.2(3)); cmin,b = max(v,  - v) = 13 mm
Min axis distance for fire (EN1992-1-2 T 5.2a); afi = 40 mm
Allowance for deviations from min cover (4.4.1.3); cdev = 10 mm
Min allowable nominal cover; cnom_min = max(afi -  / 2 - v, cmin,b + cdev) = 23.0 mm
PASS - the nominal cover is greater than the minimum required
Effective depths of bars for bending about y axis
Area per bar; Abar =   2 / 4 = 491 mm2
Spacing of bars in faces parallel to z axis (c/c); sz = (h - 2  (cnom + v) - ) / (Nz - 1) = 150 mm
Layer 1 (in tension face); dy1 = h - cnom - v -  / 2 = 1126 mm
Layer 2; dy2 = dy1 - sz = 975 mm
Layer 3; dy3 = dy2 - sz = 825 mm
Layer 4; dy4 = dy3 - sz = 675 mm
Layer 5; dy5 = dy4 - sz = 525 mm
Layer 6; dy6 = dy5 - sz = 375 mm
Layer 7; dy7 = dy6 - sz = 225 mm
Layer 8; dy8 = dy7 - sz = 74 mm
2nd moment of area of reinft about y axis; Isy = 2Abar[Ny(dy1-h/2)2+2(dy2-h/2)2+2(dy3-h/2)2+2(dy4-
h/2)2]
Isy = 201396 cm4
Radius of gyration of reinft about y axis; isy = (Isy / As) = 413 mm
Effective depth about y axis (5.8.8.3(2)); dy = h / 2 + isy = 1013 mm
Column slenderness about y axis
Radius of gyration; iy = h / (12) = 34.6 cm
Slenderness ratio (5.8.3.2(1)); y = l0y / iy = 17.3

Design bending moments

Frame analysis moments about y axis combined with moments due to imperfections (cl. 5.2 & 6.1(4))
Ecc. due to geometric imperfections (y axis); eiy = l0y /400 = 15.0 mm
Min end moment about y axis; M01y = min(abs(Mtopy), abs(Mbtmy)) + eiy  NEd = 150.0 kNm
Max end moment about y axis; M02y = max(abs(Mtopy), abs(Mbtmy)) + eiy  NEd = 2075.0 kNm
Slenderness limit for buckling about y axis (cl. 5.8.3.1)
Factor A; A = 0.7
Mechanical reinforcement ratio;  = As  fyd / (Ac  fcd) = 0.235
Factor B; B = (1 + 2  ) = 1.213
Moment ratio; rmy = M01y / M02y = ;0.072
Factor C; Cy = 1.7 - rmy = 1.628
Relative normal force; n = NEd / (Ac  fcd) = 0.230
Slenderness limit; limy = 20  A  B  Cy / (n) = 57.7
y<limy - Second order effects may be ignored
Design bending moments (cl. 6.1(4))
Design moment about y axis; MEdy = max(M02y, NEd  max(h/30, 20 mm)) = 2075.0 kNm

Moment capacity about y axis with axial load NEd

Moment of resistance of concrete
By iteration:-
Position of neutral axis; y = 421.1 mm
Concrete compression force (3.1.7(3)); Fyc =  fcd  min(sb  y , h)  b = 6109.0 kN
Moment of resistance; MRdyc = Fyc  [h / 2 - (min(sb  y , h)) / 2] = 2636.4 kNm

Moment of resistance of reinforcement

Strain in layer 1; y1 = cu3  (1 - dy1 / y) = -0.00585
Stress in layer 1; y1 = max(-1fyd, Es  y1) = -434.8 N/mm2
Force in layer 1; Fy1 = Ny  Abar  y1 = -1280.5 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 1; MRdy1 = Fy1  (h / 2 - dy1) = 672.9 kNm
Strain in layer 2; y2 = cu3  (1 - dy2 / y) = -0.00461
Stress in layer 2; y2 = max(-1fyd, Es  y2) = -434.8 N/mm2
Force in layer 2; Fy2 = 2  Abar  y2 = -426.8 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 2; MRdy2 = Fy2  (h / 2 - dy2) = 160.2 kNm
Strain in layer 3; y3 = cu3  (1 - dy3 / y) = -0.00336
Stress in layer 3; y3 = max(-1fyd, Es  y3) = -434.8 N/mm2
Force in layer 3; Fy3 = 2  Abar  y3 = -426.8 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 3; MRdy3 = Fy3  (h / 2 - dy3) = 96.1 kNm
Strain in layer 4; y4 = cu3  (1 - dy4 / y) = -0.00211
Stress in layer 4; y4 = max(-1fyd, Es  y4) = -422.1 N/mm2
Force in layer 4; Fy4 = 2  Abar  y4 = -414.4 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 4; MRdy4 = Fy4  (h / 2 - dy4) = 31.1 kNm
Strain in layer 5; y5 = cu3  (1 - dy5 / y) = -0.00086
Stress in layer 5; y5 = max(-1fyd, Es  y5) = -172.6 N/mm2
Force in layer 5; Fy5 = 2  Abar  y5 = -169.4 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 5; MRdy5 = Fy5  (h / 2 - dy5) = -12.7 kNm
Strain in layer 6; y6 = cu3  (1 - dy6 / y) = 0.00039
Stress in layer 6; y6 = min(fyd, Es  y6) = 77.0 N/mm2
Force in layer 6; Fy6 = 2  Abar  y6 = 75.6 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 6; MRdy6 = Fy6  (h / 2 - dy6) = 17.0 kNm
Strain in layer 7; y7 = cu3  (1 - dy7 / y) = 0.00163
Stress in layer 7; y7 = min(fyd, Es  y7) -   fcd = 303.9 N/mm2
Force in layer 7; Fy7 = 2  Abar  y7 = 298.4 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 7; MRdy7 = Fy7  (h / 2 - dy7) = 112.0 kNm
Strain in layer 8; y8 = cu3  (1 - dy8 / y) = 0.00288
Stress in layer 8; y8 = min(fyd, Es  y8) -   fcd = 412.1 N/mm2
Force in layer 8; Fy8 = Ny  Abar  y8 = 1213.8 kN
Moment of resistance of layer 8; MRdy8 = Fy8  (h / 2 - dy8) = 637.8 kNm
Resultant concrete/steel force; Fy = 4978.7 kN
PASS - This is within half of one percent of the applied axial load
Combined moment of resistance
Moment of resistance about y axis; MRdy = 4350.9 kNm
PASS - The moment capacity about the y axis exceeds the design bending moment