The critical section for one way shear action in the design of isolated column footing shall be taken as

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  1. column face
  2. a distance 'd' from column face
  3. a distance '' from column face
  4. a distance '' from column face

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Option 2 : a distance 'd' from column face
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The recommendations of IS 456: 2000 related to different critical section in an isolated footing are listed in following table:

Cl No.

Recommendation for

Location of critical section

34.2.3.2

Bending Moment

At the face of the column

31.6.1

Two way shear or Punching shear

At a section d/2 from the face of the column

34.2.4.1

One way shear or Beam Shear

At a section d from the face of the column

34.2.4.3

Development length

At face of the column or where abrupt change in section occurs

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