Which risk increases when concrete column supports undergo differential settlement due to soil consolidation?

💡 Explanation

When supports settle unevenly then bending moments are amplified, because additional lateral displacement increases the eccentricity of axial loads acting on the column, causing accelerated buckling. Therefore, buckling risk increases, rather than shear cracking, spalling or creep, which require different modes of stress and material degradation.

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