We can classify columns based on the following characteristics:
- Physical shape
- Reinforcement type
- Loading type
- Slenderness ratio
But in this article, we will only discuss the types of columns depending on shape.
Depending upon physical shape – the shape you see them in, or the shape they are cast in – columns can be of nine main types. These are the following:
- Rectangular columns
- Square columns
- Circular columns
- L-Type columns
- T-Type columns
- V-type columns
- Y-type columns
- Y-type columns with arch
- Hexagonal columns
- Arched columns
Published By
Arka Roy
www.constructioncost.co
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