1. BUILDINGCONSTRUCTION1ARC1523
PROJECT1:DOCUMENTATIONANDANALYSIS PREPAREDBY:FAWWAZSUKIMAN(0311561)
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Typesofcolumn:
Intheancientera,therearethreetypesofcolumnsthathadbeenused
throughouttheeraandthosecolumnsareDoric,IonicandCorinthian.
TheyusedthosecolumnstoconstructthebuildinginGreekandRoman.
Astimepassby,toconstructacolumnwewillneedtoaddafewmore
materialsinitsuchasreinforcedconcrete,steelbarandetc.
Substructure
Column:
Acolumnorpillarinarchitectureisaverticalstructuralelementthattransmits,throughcompression,theweightofthestructure
abovetootherstructuralelementsbelow.
Concretecolumnsareusuallysquareorrectangularinsection,withcommonly,chamferedorbeveledcorners.
Thepopularityofthesesectionsisdueverylargelytothesimplicityoftheformsrequired.Whenhoopedreinforcementisused,
thecolumnsectionisalwayscircularorpolygonal.Hollowsections,T-sectionandchannelsectionsarerarelyemployedandthenonly
forwallcolumns.forwallcolumns.
Columnsarefrequentlyusedtosupportbeamsandarchesonwhichtheupperpartsofceilingsandwalls.
Tomakeacolumnitshouldbemadeinunits,whichcanreadilybeassembled,takenapartandre-assembledagain.Thenumber,
arrangementandsizesoftheunitsaredeterminedaccordinglybytheshapesandsizesofthecolumn.
Yokes
Wooden
Boarding
Batten
Wedge Bolt
5.1BEAMSANDCOLUMNS