b=250//width, in mm D=350//depth, in mm Asc=4*0.785*22^2//four 22 mm dia bars, in sq mm Lef=5//effective length of column, in m sigma_cc=4//in MPa sigma_sc=130//in MPa a=Lef*10^3/b //as Lef/b > 12, it is a long column Cr=1.25-Lef*1000/(48*b)//reduction coefficient sigma_cc=Cr*sigma_cc//in MPa sigma_sc=Cr*sigma_sc//in MPa Ag=b*D//in sq mm Ac=Ag-Asc//in sq mm P=sigma_cc*Ac+sigma_sc*Asc//in N mprintf("The safe load on the column=%f kN", P/10^3)