Which risk increases when concrete encased steel columns undergo differential settlement in soft clay soil?

💡 Explanation

When uneven settling occurs, bending moment increases in the column due to eccentric loading which causes the section become unstable leading global or local buckling. Therefore buckling results rather than corrosion, spalling, or shear failure which require entirely different environmental causes and failure mechanisms.

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