Though Column is a compression member and concrete takes compression, why we us

Though Column is a compression member and concrete takes
compression, why we use steel at column ?

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Though Column is a compression member and concrete takes compression, why we use steel at column ?..

Answer / engr. pabitra chandra paul

To resist buckling.

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Though Column is a compression member and concrete takes compression, why we use steel at column ?..

Answer / nadim

although concrete is good in compresive strength but it is indeed weak in tensile strength a combination of both steel and concrete is better to take both compressive and tensile loads

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Though Column is a compression member and concrete takes compression, why we use steel at column ?..

Answer / dheeraj kumar

Though a compressive member we design column to resist tensile stresses too.any point load on a column concentrated other than its axis results in tensile stresses in some part and compressive in other.moreover we keep in mind wind,earth quake,and other possible situations too.

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Though Column is a compression member and concrete takes compression, why we use steel at column ?..

Answer / nantha

if we want to reduce the column we will go for steel column
and also steel building construction is very easy and we able to do complete quickly

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