Why do we use stirrups in columns?

Answer Posted / mohammed aijaz hussain

Stirrups bind and hold longitudinal bars of steel in
position. The object is to prevent the buckling or spreading
out the longitudinal reinforcement and also to prevent
concrete from splitting outwards.

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