Tag: in the upper story
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Why does required column reinforcement in the upper story appear higher than the lower story? And What are the solutions?
First we need to know about Unbalanced Moment. Unbalanced Moment: Gravity loads on columns consist of an axial load and moments about both axes where the column design moments are caused by unbalanced loading. Such moments are created when there is an imbalance in the loads on one side of the column versus the loads on the…