Types of Columns

1. COLUMNS
Their Position , Form and Decoration
Prepared By
Anees Ur Rehman
147-FET/BSCE/F17
Arsalan Abbas
149-FET/BSCE/F17
Jamil Khan
150-FET/BSCE/F17
International Islamic University Islamabad
Department of Civil Engineering

2. CONTENTS
• Basic Information
• Defination
• Decoration
• Types Of Columns
• Different Terms about Columns

3. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT COLUMNS?

4. DEFINATION
Column, in architecture, a vertical element, usually a rounded
shaft with a capital and a base, which in most cases serves as a
support
https://www.britannica.com/technology/column-architecture

5. COLUMNS AS DECORATION
A column may also be nonstructural, used for a decorative purpose.

6. Columns may carry sculpture to commemorate particular events or
people
COLUMNS AS DECORATION

7. The
Corinthian
Type 3
The Ionic
design
Type 2
Doric
style
Type 1
Nearly every public building in ancient Greece
incorporated one or more of these three designs
COLUMNS AS DECORATION
ttp://arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com/2011/09/doric-ionic-and-corinthian.html

8. The Doric style is the
most plain.
The Ionic design is
famous for its scrolls
The Corinthian style is
quite fancy.
http://arthistoryblogger.blogspot.com/2011/09/doric-ionic-and-corinthian.html
COLUMNS AS DECORATION

9. Columns are classified into four types
1. Based on Shape
2. Based on Type of Reinforcement
3. Based on type of Loading
4. Based on Slenderness Ratio
TYPES OF COLUMNS
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-different-type-of-columns

10. Based on Shape
Rectangular or Square
They are generally used
in the construction of
buildings., which are
common in practice
TYPES OF COLUMNS

11. L- TYPE COLUMN:-
They are generally used in the corners of the
boundary wall and has same features of a
rectangular or square column. These kind of
columns are very less used.
Similarly T-Type Column ,V-Type Column etc
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-different-type-of-columns
TYPES OF COLUMNS

12.  TYPES OF COLUMNS
Based on Slenderness Raito
Short Column and Long Column
• The Strength of Short Column is controlled by strength of
material and geometry of cross-section
• Long Columns are those which have a height and cross-sectional
dimentions more than 1:12. These are weaker than short columns
and are not preferred generally

13. Steel columns
have good compressive strength, but
have a tendency to buckle or bend
under extreme loading
Different Terms about Columns
Slenderness ratio
The slenderness ratio is the effective length of
a column in relation to the least radius of
gyration of its cross-section. If this ratio is not
sufficient then buckling can occur

14. Position of Columns
For Better esthetic effects , Columns should be Hidden In walls
Avoid Providing Columns at Center of Hall

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