On Sun, 18 May 2008 17:50:49 -0500, "Glenn" wrote:


"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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No, preventing buckling is a significant advantage
provided by filling a steel column.

Matt

Whoa, if you are using a steel column, why the
concrete? Sky scrapers sit on steel columns with out
concrete in them. What am I missing?


Perhaps four years of engineering school? Or even two semesters of
structural member strength? g