What are the functions of a column in a building?



What are the functions of a column in a building?..

Answer / shadav ali

A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. ... For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces.

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