Hello there; If you look at Article 3.3.5.4 in the Earthquake Code, you will see the statement that Equation 3.3 is not required if Nd<0.1Acfck. In other words, it means that small column control is not mandatory for columns that meet the Nd<0.1Acfck condition, it gives information about this situation in the program. Best regards.
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