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why SAP2000 design concrete columns with too high area of rebar?

why SAP2000 design concrete columns with too high area of rebar?

why SAP2000 design concrete columns with too high area of rebar?

(OP)
Please, I want to know, why SAP2000 design concrete columns with too high area of rebar?
I am designing columns of reinforced concrete and I made a simple model with SAP2000, and the area rebar is too high

for this characteristic, SAP design with more than P=0.03
f´c=210 kg/cm2
fy=4200 kg/cm2
Mu=4.0 t-m
Pu=100.0 t
b=0.25 m
h=0.50 m

RE: why SAP2000 design concrete columns with too high area of rebar?

I have the same problem, if i know the aprox area of the column i use check instead of design the area for reinforcement

Anyone knows why that happend?

RE: why SAP2000 design concrete columns with too high area of rebar?

(OP)
Could someone explain why the steel area rebar is high for columns with small moments?

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