Why we use Reinforcement out side of the column not in centre

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Why we use Reinforcement out side of the column not in centre..

Answer / sridhar gopisetty

IF LOAD IS ACTING AT ECCENTRICITY POINT.THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF TENSION AWAY FROM CENTRE .CONCRETE IS GOOD AT COMPRESSION AND MILD STEEL IS GOOD AT TENSION.SO WE CAN PLACE REINFORCEMENT WHERE TENSION ACTS.

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Why we use Reinforcement out side of the column not in centre..

Answer / chetan arora

because columns are designed for minimum eccentricity to resist bending moment also in addition to compresive forces only..

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Why we use Reinforcement out side of the column not in centre..

Answer / nisar ahmed khan

this is because, column are designed to resist the compressive stresses and if it has been subjected to eccentric loading there will tension produce at the outer fibers so reinforcement are applied at the sides. moreover if it long columns the bending produce will induces tension in the external fibers and that's why . . .

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Why we use Reinforcement out side of the column not in centre..

Answer / sajjad ashraf khan.akola mahr

the reinfrcement exit a cshear force & concrete exit a
compressive force

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