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