Columns are often used to hold up heavy loads, such as the roofs of buildings. The heavy load pushes on the column, putting it in compression. So, a good column should be very strong in compression.

A recent shake table test at the University of Nevada, Reno, revealed that in the retrofitted model the lateral load has to transfer through the cap beam, the top of the columns adjacent to the gap, ...

Forty load cells are used to calculate the total mass and center of gravity of tower cranes and lifted loads during the Century City Mall project in Los Angeles. Forty 10-ton wireless compression ...