Which failure initiates when a confined concrete bridge pier experiences sustained eccentric axial loading close the Euler buckling threshold?

💡 Explanation

Concrete core crushing develops because strain localization increases stress concentrations within the concrete element under eccentric axial loading, rather than rebar yielding or wrap debonding; therefore, core failure initiates before overall buckling, if confined.

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