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5.1 Investigate a tied column 450x450mm that is reinforced with 8-25mm 415MPa rebars.

Find safe liveload if axial deadload is


820KN. Use f'c = 21MPa. Check steel ratio.

203 A rectangular column measuring 250x400mm is reinforced with 4-25mm and 2-16mm rebars. Steel and Concrete are
275MPa and 22MPa respectively. Find the ultimate Capacity of column.

144 Design a rectangular tied column to support a dead load of 650KN and live load of 800KN. Use steel ratio of 2%. Concrete
and Steel are 28MPa and 400MPa respectively. Use 20mm rebars. Dimension should be in increment of 10mm. Check steel
ratio, find cap Pu. Check clear spacing between rebar and spacing of 10mm ties.

146 Design a rectangular tied column to support Pu=3790KN. Use steel ratio of 1%. Concrete and Steel are 27.6MPa and
414.6MPa respectively. (a) Use 25mm only. (b) Use 28mm & 25mm rebars. Dimension should be in increment of 10mm.
Check steel ratio, find cap.Pu, Check clear spacing between rebar and spacing of 10mm ties, find cap.Mu.

148 Investigate a 600x600mm column with 16-32mm rebars. Concrete and Steel are 28MPa and 415MPa respectively. Check
steel ratio, find cap.Pu, Check clear spacing between rebar and spacing of 10mm ties, find cap.Mu.

201 Design a rectangular tied column to support a dead load of 650KN and live load of 800KN. Concrete and Steel are 28MPa
and 400MPa respectively. One side is fixed at 300mm. Use 28mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment
of 10mm. Trial P = 3% Check steel ratio, find cap.Pu, Check clear spacing between rebar and spacing ties, find cap.Mu.

5.2 Design a square tied column to support a dead load of 575KN and live load of 770KN. Concrete and Steel are 27.6MPa and
414MPa respectively. Use 28mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm. Check steel ratio, find
axial capacity and spacing of ties.

5.3 Design a square tied column to support a dead load of 655KN and live load of 540KN. Concrete and Steel are 20.7MPa and
276MPa respectively. Use 22mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm. Check steel ratio, find
axial capacity and spacing of ties.

5.7 Design a rectangular tied column to support a dead load of 800KN and live load of 650KN. Concrete and Steel are 21MPa and
415MPa respectively. Use 25mm rebars and 10mm 275MPa ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm. Clear cover is
30mm and use trial steel ratio of 2.5%. Check steel ratio, find axial capacity and spacing of ties.

5.8 Determine the ultimate axial load capacity of a composite column measuring 480x480mm. Reinforcement is a steel section
with an area of 40,000sq.mm. Concrete and Steel are 21MPa and 250MPa respectively.

202 Determine the ultimate axial load capacity of a composite column measuring 600x500mm. Reinforcement includes
4-25mm, 4-20mm rebars and steel section with an area of 9800sq.mm. Concrete and Steel are 21MPa and 275MPa
respectively. Fy of section is 300MPa. Check steel ratio.

5.4 Calculate the ultimate axial load capacity of a round spiral column having a fixed diameter of 450mm reinforced with
6-25mm rebars. Steel and concrete are 345MPa and 34MPa respectively. Check steel ratio.

5.5 Design a round spiral column to support a dead load of 1000KN and live load of 800KN. Concrete and rebar are 27.6MPa and
414MPa respectively. Clear cover = 30mm. Use 25mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm.
Spiral is 275MPa and aggregate size is 20mm. Use Trial P = 3%. Spiral spacing should be in increment of 5mm. Check steel
ratio, find cap.Pu and spacing of ties and check clear spacing between rebars.

145 Design a round spiral column to support a dead load of 1070KN and live load of 980KN. Concrete and rebar are 27.5MPa
and 413.5MPa respectively. Use 28mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm. Aggregate size is
20mm. Use Trial P = 3% Spiral spacing should be in increment of 5mm. Check steel ratio, find cap.Pu and spacing of ties,
find cap.Mu and check clear spacing between rebars

147 Design a 500mm spiral column to support Pu=3800KN. Concrete and rebar are 27.6MPa and 414.6MPa respectively. Use
25mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm. Aggregate size is 20mm. Spiral spacing should be in
increment of 5mm. Check steel ratio, find cap.Pu and spacing of ties, find cap.Mu and check clear spacing between rebars.

149 Investigate a 600mm round column has 20-28mm rebars with 10mm spiral. Concrete and rebar are 21MPa and 345MPa
respectively. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm. Aggregate size is 25mm. Spiral spacing should be in increment of
5mm. Check steel ratio, find cap.Pu and spacing of ties, find cap.Mu and check clear spacing between rebars

5.9 A 250Mpa 300mm pipe 12mm thick is filled with 27.6MPa concrete. Check min thickness. Find cap Pu.

204 Calculate the ultimate axial load capacity of a composite round spiral column having a diameter of 400mm reinforced with 6-
20mm rebars and a 414MPa Steel Section of area 5600sq.mm. Rebar and concrete are 250MPa and 28MPa respectively.
Check steel ratio.
Short column Problem set

1 Investigate a tied column 220x340mm with 4-16mm and 2-12mm 230MPa rebars. Find cap Mu if f'c = 21MPa and check steel
ratio.
2 Design a square tied column to support a dead load of 1000KN and live load of 700KN. Use steel ratio of 3%. Concrete and
Steel are 24MPa and 275MPa respectively. Use 28mm rebars. Dimension should be in increment of 10mm. Check steel ratio,
find cap Mu

3 Design a square tied column to support a dead load of 900KN and live load of 650KN. Concrete and Steel are 21MPa and
415MPa respectively. Use 20mm and 16mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 10mm. Find cap Pu
and check steel ratio.

4 Determine the ultimate axial load capacity of a composite tied column measuring 600x600mm. Reinforcement is a 280MPa
steel section with an area of 10,000sq.mm. Rebars also includes 4-28mm and 4-25mm. Concrete and rebars are 21MPa and
230MPa respectively. Find cap Pu and check steel ratio.

5 Calculate the ultimate capacity moment of a round spiral column having a fixed diameter of 440mm reinforced with 6-20mm
rebars. Steel and concrete are 275MPa and 24MPa respectively. Check steel ratio

6 Design a round spiral column to support a dead load of 1300KN and live load of 800KN. Concrete and rebar are 24MPa and
275MPa respectively. Clear cover = 40mm. Use 25mm rebars and 10mm ties. Dimension should be in increment of 5mm.
Spiral is 230MPa and aggregate size is 20mm. Use Trial P = 3%. Spiral spacing should be in increment of 5mm. Check steel
ratio, find cap.Pu and spacing of ties, find cap.Mu and check clear spacing between rebars

7. A 280Mpa 420mm pipe 6mm thick is filled with 21MPa concrete. Check min thickness. Find cap Mu.

8 Calculate the ultimate axial load capacity of a composite round spiral column having a diameter of 430mm reinforced with 6-
16mm rebars and a 280MPa Steel Section of area 4000sq.mm. Rebar and concrete are 230MPa and 21MPa respectively.
Check steel ratio.

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