Concrete column or concrete wall based on length

[Rgray26]

Hi everyone!

I am currently dealing with a project where a concrete wall section is quite small in regards to its length. I was wondering if CSA A23.3-14 has length requirements that classifies whether a "small" wall section should be analyzed as a column.

 

[dik]

I seem to recall that if the length is 1/3 the height, it is a wall... but not sure... and I don't have my code handy...

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[MIStructE_IRE]

Over here its a wall, not a column, if its length exceeds 4 times its width.

 

[dik]

could be 4x... don't use conc code often...

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-Dik

 

[dik]

from the Canadian code (CSA A23.3)...

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-Dik