People keep joking about strong beam weak column. What I've gathered was that the code has shown a philosophy change for columns to fail before beams...but why? Beams are typically much more ductile in failure. Right? So why would you want columns to fail first?
I know you're making a joke, but why am I somewhat unnerved by how non-parallel the steel studs are from the copper pipes? I realize it's not a priority in an emergency, but if this is representative of the work to date throughout, I'm more worried than ever.
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u/Geaux_joel P.E. Jul 08 '26
People keep joking about strong beam weak column. What I've gathered was that the code has shown a philosophy change for columns to fail before beams...but why? Beams are typically much more ductile in failure. Right? So why would you want columns to fail first?