Title:
Design of End Columns - Designer's Dilemma
Author(s):
K. S. Rajagopalan and Daniel B. Winters
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
3
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
13-18
Keywords:
beam-column frame; beams (supports); building codes; cracking (fracturing); columns (supports); concrete construction; construction joints; continuity (structural); limit design method; loads (forces); reinforced concrete; reinforcing materials;
DOI:
Date:
10/1/1981
Abstract:
This article discusses some of the difficult choices a designer has to make in designing end columns in reinforced concrete frames. The idea of the article is not necessarily to advocate any particular approach, but to open up the various issues to discussion so that a general consensus might develop among designers. The authors expressly solicit discussion from experienced designers.