DEFECTS AND DAMAGES OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMNS OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

This article is a continuation of the authors ' series of articles on defects and damage to building structures of industrial buildings. This article presents typical defects and damages of precast and monolithic reinforced concrete columns of industrial buildings. The possible reasons for the formation of typical defects, the consequences of which may lead to their development, are considered, and recommendations for the elimination of identified damages are given. In conclu-sion, the article analyzes the characteristic zones of defect formation in rein-forced concrete columns of buildings in accordance with the method proposed earlier by the authors.