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Discussion Forum : GATE Exam Questions - Section 1 (Q.No. 31)
31.
In reinforced concrete, pedestal is defined as compression member, whose effective length does not exceed its least dimension by
12 times
3 times
16 times
8 times
Answer: Option
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Nandha said:   7 years ago
Pedestal is a vertical compression member whose effective length does not exceed 3times its least horizontal dimension"b".

Le<3b.

Karthika said:   4 years ago
Very short columns with effective length less than three times least lateral dimension are called pedestal columns.

Ahmed hassan said:   3 years ago
What is short column and long column here? Please explain it.

Srinivas said:   2 years ago
The slenderness ratio is equal to 3.

Sheela said:   8 years ago
Please explain this.

Sheela said:   6 years ago
Thanks @Nandha.

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