Beam column

(civil engineering) A structural member subjected simultaneously to axial load and bending moments produced by lateral forces or eccentricity of the longitudinal load.

A structural member that is subjected to axial compression and transverse bending at the same time. A beam column differs from a column only by the presence of the eccentricity of the load application, end moment, or transverse load. Beam columns are found in frame-type structures where the columns are subjected to other than pure concentric axial loads and axial deformations, and where the beams are subjected to axial loads in addition to transverse loads and flexural deformations. See also Beam; Column.

A beam which transmits an axial load as well as a transverse load.