Tuesday, March 06, 2018

What is the purpose of specifying the minimum area of compression steel in column design?




  • It helps in confining the concrete and helps in taking circumferential tension.
  • It holds the main bars in position.
  • It prevents buckling of longitudinal steel.
  • It prevents longitudinal splitting of concrete.
  • It helps in resisting the diagonal tension.

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