Column Specifications

Width (mm)
Depth (mm)
Gross Area (mm2)

350
800
280000

Concrete Compressive Strength, f'c (MPa)

No. of Reo Bars

50
8

Cover (mm)
Elastic Modulus of Steel, Es (MPa)
Stress Block Coefficient,
Max Strain of Steel, (sy)
Max Srain of Concrete, (cu)

50
200000
0.696
0.0025
0.003

Steel Yield Strength, fsy (MPa)

500

Squash Load Nuo

=As*fsy+0.85*f'c*Ag
N* (kN)
M* (kN)
13709.55737
14363.00864
15116.99088
15971.50408
16926.54825

N24
N28
N32
N36
N40

0
0
0
0
0

350
mm

800

Limit Condition (N

Kud = x (steel1) (m

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Steel 3
Steel 4
Concrete

Bending Ab

Pure Bending Mu

Trial kud value (mm

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Concrete

Balance Point (Nu

Kud = 0.545 * x (st

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Concrete

Limit Condition (N

Kud = x (steel1) (m

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Concrete

24
28
32
36
40

Size of Bar
N24
N28
N32
N36
N40

Combined area of % of Gross

bars (mm2)
Column Area
3619.11
1.29%
4926.02
1.76%
6433.98
2.30%
8143.01
2.91%
10053.10
3.59%

Bending About The X Axis

Pure Bending Muo

Trial kud value (mm)
Bar Diameter (mm)
108.5916392
24

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Steel 3
Steel 4
Concrete

x
738
512.6666667
287.3333333
62
37.78989044

Stress,
Strain,
(Mpa)
-0.01738831 -3477.66199
-0.011163153
-2232.6306
-0.004937996 -987.599205
0.001287161 257.4321902
42.5

Balance Point (Nub,Mub)

Kud = 0.545 * x (steel1) (mm) Bar Diameter (mm)
402.21
24

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Steel 3
Steel 4
Concrete

Limit Condition (Nul,Mul)

x
738
512.6666667
287.3333333
62
139.96908

Stress,
Strain,
(Mpa)
-0.002504587 -500.917431
-0.000823873
-164.77462
0.000856841 171.3681907
0.002537555 507.5110017
42.5

Kud = x (steel1) (mm)

738

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Steel 3
Steel 4
Concrete

Bar Diameter (mm)

24

Strain,

x
738
512.6666667
287.3333333
62
256.824

Stress,
(Mpa)

0
0
0.000915989
183.197832
0.001831978
366.395664
0.002747967 549.5934959
42.5

Bending About The Y Axis

Pure Bending Muo
Trial kud value (mm)
Bar Diameter (mm)
49.6485818
24

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Concrete

Stress,
Strain,
(Mpa)
288
-0.01440231 -2880.46195
62
-0.000746331 -149.266115
17.27770647
42.5

Balance Point (Nub,Mub)

Kud = 0.545 * x (steel1) (mm) Bar Diameter (mm)
156.96
24

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Concrete

Stress,
Strain,
(Mpa)
288
-0.002504587 -500.917431
62
0.001814985 362.9969419
54.62208
42.5

Limit Condition (Nul,Mul)

Kud = x (steel1) (mm)
288

Layer
Steel 1
Steel 2
Concrete

Bar Diameter (mm)

24

Strain,

x
288
62
100.224

Stress,
(Mpa)

0
0
0.002354167 470.8333333
42.5

Goalseek

-500
-500
-500
257.4321902
42.5

A (mm2)
904.7786842
904.7786842
904.7786842
904.7786842
26452.92331

D/2-x
F (kN)
(mm)
M (kNm)
-452.389342
-338 152.9076
-452.389342 -112.667 50.9692
-452.389342 112.6667 -50.9692
232.919158
338 78.72668
1124.24924 362.2101 407.2144
0.00037247

-500
-164.77462
171.3681907
500
42.5

D/2-x
A (mm2)
F (kN)
(mm)
904.7786842 -452.389342
-338
904.7786842 -149.084564 -112.667
904.7786842 155.050286 112.6667
904.7786842 452.389342
338
97978.356 4164.08013 260.0309
4170.04585

638.8487

M (kNm)
152.9076
16.79686
17.469
152.9076
1082.79
1422.871

Kud
108.5916
139.7429
166.9548
186.601
205.9959

0
183.197832
366.395664
500
42.5

D/2-x
A (mm2)
F (kN)
(mm)
M (kNm)
904.7786842
0
-338
0
904.7786842 165.753493 -112.667 -18.6749
904.7786842 331.506987 112.6667 37.34979
904.7786842 452.389342
338 152.9076
179776.8
7640.514 143.176 1093.938
8590.16382

1265.521

Goalseek
D/2-x
A (mm2)
F (kN)
(mm)
M (kNm)
-500 1809.557368 -904.778684
-113
102.24
-149.266115 1809.557368 -270.105598
113 -30.5219
42.5 27644.33034 1174.88404 157.7223 185.3054
-0.0002429

257.0235

D/2-x
A (mm2)
F (kN)
(mm)
M (kNm)
-500 1809.557368 -904.778684
-113
102.24
362.9969419 1809.557368 656.863791
113 74.22561
42.5
87395.328 3714.30144 120.3779 447.1199
3466.38655

623.5855

D/2-x
A (mm2)
F (kN)
(mm)
M (kNm)
0 1809.557368
0
-113
0
470.8333333 1809.557368 851.999928
113 96.27599
42.5
160358.4
6815.232
74.776 509.6158

Kud
49.64858
58.22969
66.88862
75.62221
84.42752

7667.23193

605.8918

Bar

M (kNm)
24
638.8
28
849.8
32 1065.712
36 1281.206
40 1513.987

Bar
24
28
32
36
40

M (kNm)
257.0229
333.6612
418.2769
510.2451
608.9403

Interaction Diagram For Bending About X-axis

M* (kN)
M* (kN) Phi factor,
638.80
511.04
0.80
1422.87 853.7224
0.60
1265.52 759.3124
0.60
0.00
0
0.60

N* (kN)
0.00
4170.05
8590.16
13709.56

N* (kN)
0
2502.028
5154.098
8225.734

N24

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

Phi factor,
0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

N28

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

849.80
679.84
1541.43 924.8583
1328.36 797.014
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
0
4156.92 2494.153
8910.21 5346.126
14363.01 8617.805

N32

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

1065.71 852.5695
1677.11 1006.265
1399.80 839.8806
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
0
4141.66 2484.993
9281.67
5569
15116.99 9070.195

N36

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

1281.21 1024.965
1828.02 1096.81
1479.68 887.8051
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
0
4119.11 2471.467
9704.26 5822.553
15971.50 9582.902

N40

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

1513.99 1211.189
1993.79 1196.274
1567.80 940.6804
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
0
4088.65 2453.19
10177.69 6106.615
16926.55 10155.93

12000

Interation Diagram For Bending About X Axis

10000

Axial Load (kN)

8000

6000

4000

2000

0
0

200

400

600

800

Moment (kNm)

1000

1200

Interaction Diagram For Bending About Y-axis

M* (kN)
205.62
623.59
605.89
0.00

M* (kN) Phi factor,

164.4947
0.80
374.1513
0.60
363.5351
0.60
0
0.60

N24

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

Phi factor,
0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

N* (kN)
0.00
3466.39
7667.23
13709.56

N28

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

266.93 213.5431
678.79 407.2766
638.12 382.8697
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
3328.02
7915.01
14363.01

N32

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

334.62 267.6972
739.69 443.8155
673.39 404.0342
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
3161.36
8202.20
15116.99

N36

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

408.20 326.5568
805.51 483.3045
711.29 426.7756
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
2963.21
8527.08
15971.50

N40

Muo
Mub,Nub
Mul, Nul
Nuo

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

487.15 389.7218
875.48 525.2896
751.41 450.8465
0.00
0

0.80
0.60
0.60
0.60

0.00
2730.33
8887.87
16926.55

12000

Interaction Diagram For Bending About Y Axis

10000

N24
N28

N32
N36
N40

Axial Force (kN)

8000

6000

4000

2000

1400

0
0

100

200

300
Moment (kNm)

Capacity Factors
N* (kN)
0
2079.832
4600.339
8225.734

for Nuo
for Mub,Nub
for Mul, Nul
for Muo

0.6
0.6
0.6
More Detailed See Below
Muo = 0.6<(1.19 - 13kuo/12)<0.8
Find ku
ku=kud/distance to furthest reo

0
1996.814
4749.007
8617.805
Bending about x
0
1896.813
4921.323
9070.195
0
1777.926
5116.249
9582.902
0
1638.197
5332.72
10155.93

N24
N28
N32
N36
N40

kud
Dist, d
108.5916
139.7429
166.9548
186.601
205.9959

738
736
734
732
730

kuo
0.147143
0.189868
0.227459
0.254919
0.282186

1.030595
0.98431
0.943586
0.913837
0.884298

kud
Dist, d
49.64858
58.22969
66.88862
75.62221
84.42752

288
286
284
282
280

kuo
0.172391
0.2036
0.235523
0.268164
0.301527

1.003243
0.969433
0.93485
0.899489
0.863346

Bending about y
N24
N28
N32
N36
N40

All values > 0.8, therefore for Muo = 0.8

am For Bending About Y Axis

N24
N28

N32
N36
N40

400

500

600

Biaxial Bending

A rectangular cross section must be designed so that:

(M*x/Mux)^n + (M*y/Muy)^n 1.0
where n = 0.7 + (1.7N* / 0.6Nuo)

M*x (kNm) M*y (kNm)

Mux (kNm) Muy (kNm)

(M*x/Mux)^n +
n
(M*y/Muy)^n
(Load Case 1)
(Load Case 1)

N24

161

158

815

370

1.110236926

0.55399817

N28

161

158

900

407

1.09157302

0.508791086

N32

161

158

995

445

1.072042737

0.471444623

N36

161

158

1100

487

1.052137572

0.43835234

N40

161

158

1215

528

1.032268965

0.411959961

Load Case
N* (kN)
1) 1.2G + 1.5Q
1985
2) 1.35G
1851.75

Accepted

(M*x/Mux)^n +
n
Accepted
(M*y/Muy)^n
(Load Case 2)
(Load Case 2)

OK

1.082698351

0.570761841

OK

OK

1.065287325

0.524827462

OK

OK

1.04706808

0.486681976

OK

OK

1.028499118

0.452755901

OK

OK

1.00996426

0.425534894

OK