Bentley 2006 User Manual

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American Concrete Design 
 Section 3
 
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DESIGN COLUMN 23 25 
END CONCRETE DESIGN
 
 
 
Example for column design per the ACI 318-1999 code 
 
UNIT KIP INCH 
START CONCRETE DESIGN 
CODE ACI 1999 
FYMAIN 58 ALL 
MAXMAIN 10 ALL 
CLB 2.5 ALL 
DESIGN COLUMN 23 25 
END CONCRETE DESIGN 
 
Column  Design  Output 
The following table illustrates different levels of the column 
design output. 
 
Table 3.3 
 
The following output is generated without any TRACK 
specification. 
 
 
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        C O L U M N   N O.    5   D E S I G N   R E S U L T S 
 
   FY - 60000  FC - 4000 PSI,  SQRE SIZE - 12.00 X 12.00 INCHES, TIED 
 
           AREA OF STEEL REQUIRED =   7.888  SQ. IN. 
 
   BAR CONFIGURATION       REINF PCT.   LOAD   LOCATION   PHI 
   ---------------------------------------------------------- 
 
     8 - NUMBER 9            5.556        2      STA     0.700 
   (PROVIDE EQUAL NUMBER OF BARS AT EACH FACE)