What are the short columns?

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What are the short columns?

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The short column is the column when the length of the column is less than as compared to lateral dimensional.

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The ratio of effective length to the least lateral dimension is less than or equal to the 12. then it is called short column.

leffb12

whereas 

leff=effective length 

b = lateral dimension of column

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