Reinforced Concrete Circular Column Designer

📋 Input Parameters

📐 Section Geometry
Diameter D mm
Unsupported Length L (for emin, Cl. 25.4) m
Effective Length Le (for slenderness, Cl. 25.1.2) m
🔩 Reinforcement
Main Bar Diameter (φ) mm
Number of Bars (N)
Nominal Clear Cover to Ties mm
Tie Bar Diameter (φt) mm
Tie Arrangement
🧱 Materials
Concrete Grade (fck) MPa
Steel Grade (fy) MPa
⚡ Applied Loads (Factored)
Axial Load Pu kN
Moment Mux (about any axis) kNm
Moment Muy (orthogonal axis) kNm

📊 Design Summary

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Diameter Dmm
Factored Load PukN
Steel Area Asc providedmm²
Steel Percentage pt%
Minimum Asc (0.8% Ag)mm²
Effective Cover d′ (= c + φt + φ/2)mm
Reinforcement Detail
Tie & Pitch
Bar Periphery Spacingmm
Applied Resultant Moment Mu,reskNm
Design Moment Mu,des (incl. emin & slenderness)kNm
Uniaxial Capacity Mu1 at PukNm
Utilisation (Mu,des / Mu1)

⬛ Cross-Section & Bar Layout

Main bars
Lateral ties
Cover zone
Pitch circle
⚡ Section Properties & Capacity
ParameterValueUnit
Gross area Ag = π D²/4mm²
Total bar area Ascmm²
Steel ratio pt%
Eff. cover d′ = c+φt+φ/2mm
Pitch-circle radius Rp = R − d′mm
Puz = 0.45fckAc+0.75fyAsc kN
Pu/Puz
Pub @ Cl. 39.7.1.1 balancedkN
Mu1 at applied PukNm
📐 Slenderness & Design Moment (Cl. 25.4, 39.7)
ParameterValueUnit
Slenderness λ = Le/D
Column type
Min eccentricity eminmm
Mmin = Pu·eminkNm
Applied Mres = √(Mux²+Muy²)kNm
Mprimary = max(Mres, Mmin)kNm
Ma,raw (Cl. 39.7.1, k=1)kNm
k factor (Cl. 39.7.1.1)
Ma = k · Ma,rawkNm
Mu,des = Mprimary + MakNm
📖 SP:16 Normalised
ParameterValue
p / fck
Pu / (fck·D²)
Mu,des / (fck·D³)
d′ / D
📈 P-M Interaction Diagram (Strain Compatibility, IS 456 Cl. 38.1)
Enter inputs to view interaction diagram
✅ Codal Checks — IS 456 : 2000
Check & IS 456 Reference Provided Limit Result
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Engineering Notes — IS 456 : 2000 : Limit-State method for solid circular columns. Capacity computed by strain-compatibility integration over the cross-section using the rectangular-parabolic concrete stress block (Cl. 38.1) and SP:16 Annex / Table A design stress-strain curves for HYSD steel. Reinforcement modelled as discrete bars on the pitch circle (not smeared) for accurate behaviour at low bar counts. Biaxial moments combined as resultant √(Mux²+Muy²) — valid for rotationally-symmetric circular sections where Mu1 is direction-independent. Additional moments for slender columns per Cl. 39.7.1, with reduction factor k per Cl. 39.7.1.1 using Pub defined by the code's strain condition (εc=0.0035, εs=0.002 at outermost tension steel) — not the peak-M point.

Scope & assumptions:
Slenderness: Single effective length Le is assumed equivalent about both principal axes. For frame columns with differing Lex / Ley, end conditions, or sway behaviour about each axis, additional moments should be computed axis-wise and combined externally.
Helical reinforcement: The 1.05× strength enhancement of Cl. 39.4 (which applies only to short axially-loaded columns with e ≤ 0.05D meeting the volumetric helical ratio of Cl. 39.4.1) is not applied. Treatment is conservative — strength evaluated as for a tied column.
Seismic detailing: Confinement / hinge-zone tie spacing per IS 13920 is outside this tool's scope.

Results are for verification only; final design must be checked by a licensed structural engineer.