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Could
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you
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tell
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me
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about
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the
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values
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used
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in
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interactive
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concrete
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frame
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design?
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Extended
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Question:
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I
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am
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trying
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to
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compare
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the
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moment
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required
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by
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ASCE
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31-03
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load
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combinations
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to
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the
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moment
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capacity
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of
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reinforced-concrete
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columns.
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How
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do
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I
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find
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moment
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capacity?
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Answer:
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Section
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3.4.2.3
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of
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the
...
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Concrete
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Frame
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Design
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Manual
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(ACI
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318-08)
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describes
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capacity-ratio
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formulation
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in
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detail.
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Additional
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notes
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are
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as
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follows:
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- Moment
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- capacity
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- may
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- be
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- back-calculated
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- from
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- capacity
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- ratio
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- and
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- design
...
- moment.
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- Ensure
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- that
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- the
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- capacity
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- ratio
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- is
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- less
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- than
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- 1.0.
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- If
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- the
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- column
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- is
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- failing,
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- increase
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- reinforcement
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- until
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- this
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- condition
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- is
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- met.
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- As
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- an
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- alternative,
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- you
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- may
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- use
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- the
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- maximum
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- probable
...
- moment,
...
- but
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- keep
...
- in
...
- mind
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- that
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- maximum
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- probable
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- capacity
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- is
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- calculated
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- using
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- phi=1.
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- Design
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- Mu2
...
- and
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- Mu3
...
- are
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- factored
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- moments
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- which
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- result
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- from
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- the
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- higher
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- of
...
- governing
...
- load
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- combinations
...
- or
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- Mu
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- min
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- .
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- Capacity
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- moment
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- (maximum
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- probable
...
- moment)
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- is
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- for
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- columns
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- defined
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- as
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- special
...
- seismic
...
- .
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- The
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- shear
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- in
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- special
...
- seismic
...
- columns
...
- is
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- checked
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- according
...
- to
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- maximum
...
- probable
...
- moments
...
- (Mpr+
...
- and
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- Mpr-)
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- under
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- the
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- influence
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- of
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- axial
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- force
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- Pu
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- using
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- phi=1,
...
- as
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- required
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- by
...
- code.
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- Maximum
...
- probable
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- moment
...
- is
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- per
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- shear
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- detailing
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- for
...
- special
...
...
- .
- To factor moment (per ACI 318 Section 9.3.2),
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- phi
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- varies
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- from
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- 0.7
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- for
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- compression
...
- control
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- to
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- 0.9
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- for
...
- tension
...
- control.
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- Minimum
...
- Mu
...
- is
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- based
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- on
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- minimum
...
- eccentricity
...
- and
...
- is
...
- calculated
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- according
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- to
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- ACI
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- 318
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- 10.10.6.5.
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