Effective length, pedestal, column and wall, classify the columns based on types of reinforcement, loadings and slenderness ratios, identify and explain the functions of bracing in a braced column, determine the minimum and maximum percentage of longitudinal reinforcement, determine the minimum numbers and diameter of bars in rectangular and circular columns, determine the longitudinal reinforcement in a pedestal, determine the type, pitch and diameter of lateral ties of columns after determining the longitudinal steel, state the assumptions in the design of compression member by limit state of collapse, determine the strain distribution lines of a compression member subjected to axial load with or without the moments about one or both the axes, explain the need of the minimum eccentricity to be considered in the design of compression members.














