Concrete Beam on Elevator Shaft Corner
Concrete Beam on Elevator Shaft Corner
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I've got a concrete transfer beam that bears on an elevator shaft wall right at one of the shaft corners. Other than bearing stress, what should one check in this situation? Treated as a ginormous, U-shaped column with an eccentric load, it obviously works just fine. Treated as a localized (~300x900) column, that column would would be fully braced in each orthogonal direction and therefore incapable of buckling.
I'm feeling the urge to throw a pilaster in but I'm having trouble justifying that decision to myself.
I'm feeling the urge to throw a pilaster in but I'm having trouble justifying that decision to myself.






RE: Concrete Beam on Elevator Shaft Corner
Here in the US, under ACI 318, if the wall requires more than 1% reinforcement (1% of gross concrete area) then the reinforcement must be enclosed by lateral ties as required for typical concrete columns.