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Reinforced Concrete Structure (Column Design Based On EC2)

The document discusses the design of reinforced concrete columns according to EC2. It covers loading and moments on columns, classification of columns, failure modes, and limiting slenderness ratios for short and slender columns.

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Reinforced Concrete Structure (Column Design Based On EC2)

The document discusses the design of reinforced concrete columns according to EC2. It covers loading and moments on columns, classification of columns, failure modes, and limiting slenderness ratios for short and slender columns.

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REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE

Design of Column based on EC 2


Introduction

• The column in a structure carry the loads from the


beams and slabs down to the foundation and therefore
they are primarily compression members
• Design charts and computers are required to design
column sections which are subjected to bending moment
acts together with axial load
• Slenderness and the risk of lateral deflections leading to
buckling, is an important consideration in determining
failure modes and special requirements will apply to the
design of slender columns

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Introduction

• Column which are required to carry significant moments


about both axes, such as corner columns in buildings
may also need special consideration when they have to
support large axial load
• Design of columns is governed by the ultimate limit state,
deflection and cracking during service conditions are not
usually a problem but the nevertheless correct detailing
of the reinforcement and adequate cover are important
• Many of the principles used in this topic for the design a
column can also be applied in a similar manner to other
types of members that also resist the axial load plus a
bending moment.

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Loading and moments

• The loading arrangements and the analysis of a


structural frame have been described with examples in
the chapter analysis of beams
• In the analysis it was necessary to classify the structure
into one of the following types
1. Braced – where the lateral loads are resisted by shear
walls or other forms of bracing capable of transmitting
all horizontal loading to the foundation
2. Unbraced- where horizontal loads are resisted by the
frme action of rigidly connected columns, beams and
slabs

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Loading and Moments

• With a braced structure the axial forces and moemnts in


the columns are caused by the vertical permanent and
variable actions only, whereas with an unbraced
structure the loading arrangement which include the
effects of the lateral loads must also be considered
• Both braced and unbraced structures can be further
classified as sway or non-sway
• In a sway structure sidesway is likely to significantly
increase the magnitude of the bending moments in the
columns whereas a non sway structure this effect is not
considered to be significant if there is less than a 10%
increase in the normal design moments

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Loading and Moments

• Substantially braced structures can normally be


considered to be non sway
• EC2 gives further guidance concerning the classification
of unbraced structures
• In this topic, the design of braced non-sway structures
will be considered
• For a braced structure the critical arrangement of the
ultimate load is usually that which causes the largest
moment in the column together with a large axial load

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Loading and Moments

• Figure 1 shows a building frame with the critical loading


arrangement for the design of its centre column at the
first floor level and also the left hand column at all floor
levels
• When the moments in columns are large and particulary
with unbraced columns, it may also be necessary to
check the case of maximum moment combined with the
minimum axial load

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Figure 1 - A critical loading arrangement

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Loadings and moments

• In the case of braced frames, the axial column forces


due to the vertical loading may be calculated as though
the beams and slabs are simply supported, provided that
the spans on either side of the column differ by no more
than 30% and there is not a cantilever span.
• In some structure it is unlikely that all the floors of a
building will carry all the full imposed load at the same
instant, therefore a reduction is allowed in the total
imposed load when designing columns or foundations in
buildings which are greater than two storeys in height

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Column classification and failure modes

•  Slenderness ratio of a column


•

• The effective of height lo of a column is the height of a


theoretical column of equivalent section but pinned at
both ends
• This depends on the degree of fixity at each end of the
column which itself depends on the relative stiffness of
the columns and beams connected to either end of the
column under consideration

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Column classification and failure modes

 1. For braced members,

For unbraced member the larger of


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And
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Limiting slenderness ratio – short and slender
column
•  EC2 places an upper limit on the slenderness ratio of a
single member below which second order effects may be
ignored
• This limit is given by

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Reference

• Bill Mosley, John Bungey, Ray Hulse (1999), Reinforced


Concrete Design to, Palgrave macmillan

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