Concrete Column Failure
Concrete Column Failure
(OP)
If a concrete column, circular with ties, fails in compression, or compression and bending, is there any reason to believe that the direction the bars buckle would give any indication of the reason it failed? Are the bars expected to buckle radially, or are they just as likely to buckle in random directions? If the failure was combined compression and bending, would the bars be expected to buckle in the axis of the moment?






RE: Concrete Column Failure
RE: Concrete Column Failure
Further. Time may be a factor, the bars on one side may have started to buckle on one side, perhaps cracking but not spalling the concrete; and then the other side may have started later under moment reversal. Repetitions could cause damage with the appearance of axial load failure.
Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
RE: Concrete Column Failure