B15_Adv GATE_Section 2_23.12

During an Earthquake, soft-storey failure in a building is due to

• shear failure initiated by short column effect

• stress discontinuity initiated by abrupt changes of stiffness

• failure of column initiated by weak column-strong beam effect

• drift of building storey initiated by pounding effect

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'Mushroom Column' is a typical feature of

• Pantheon, Rome

• Parthenon, Athens

• Chrysler Building, New York

• Johnson Wax Building, Racine

In a flat slab, the load is transferred through

• Beam Action

• Membrane Action

• Plate Action

• Vector Action