COLUMN DESIGN

description of variables parameter dimension unit

strain in steel Sc 0.00

strain in concrete Ss 0.00
steel yield stress fy 60.00 ksi
concrete cylinder strength fc 3.00 ksi
short dimension of column b 12.00 inch
long dimension of column h 15.00 inch
clear cover of concrete dc 2.50 inch
dia of bar db 1.00 inch
weight of concrete wc 145.00 lb/cft
steel modulus of elasticity Es 29,000,000 psi
applied ultimate load Pu 320.00 kip
applied moment Mu 100.00 kip

compression eccentricity-assumed a 9.6 in

effective depth d 12.00 inch
Poision's ratio for concrete Pois 0.17
beta 0.85
phi 0.7
neutral axis position-assumed kd 0.50 inch
CALCULATIONS
iteration for assumed value of kd cubic -1173.91 inch
continue iteration
stress in tensile steel fs 5.44 ksi
stress in compression steel fsc 63.89 ksi
Pn 457.14285714 kip
Mn 1714.2857143 kip-in
max eccentricity-ecm ecm 8.25 in
area of tension steel As 2.88 sq.inch
area of compression steel Asc 2.88 sq.inch
distance concrte edge to clr of bar ds 3.00 inch
Ag 180.00 sq.inch
transformed section area At 203.04 sq.inch
elasticity of concrete Ec 3155924.25 psi
gross moment of inertia Ig 3375.00 in^4
modular ratio n 9.00
modulus of rupture of concrete fr 0.41 ksi
transformed moment of inertia of the uncracked section It 3841.65 in^4
ctr distance b/w bars in long direction ys 4.50 in
max fibre distance yc 7.50 in
eccentricity e 0.31 inch
kern ecc k 2.52 inch
max tensile stress by the load fcc 1380.78 psi
max tensile stress by applied load for cracked section fcr -0.44 ksi
stress in concrete surrounding the steel fcs 0.60 ksi
section is cracked

assumed a is okay
revise value of a

section is uncracked