Seismic performance of recycled concrete-filled square steel tube columns

An experimental study on the seismic performance of recycled concrete-filled square steel tube （RCFST） columns is carried out. Six specimens were designed and tested under constant axial compression and cyclic lateral loading. Two parameters, replacement percentage of recycled coarse aggregate （RCA） and axial compression level, were considered in the test. Based on the experimental data, the hysteretic loops, skeleton curves, ductility, energy dissipation capacity and stiffness degradation of RCFST columns were analyzed. The test results indicate that the failure modes of RCFST columns are the local buckling of the steel tube at the bottom of the columns, and the hysteretic loops are full and their shapes are similar to normal CFST columns. Furthermore, the ductility coefficient of all specimens are close to 3.0, and the equivalent viscous damping coefficient corresponding to the ultimate lateral load ranges from 0.323 to 0.360, which demonstrates that RCFST columns exhibit remarkable seismic performance.

Behavior of High Strength Concrete Filled Square Steel Tube Stub Columns with Inner CFRP Tube Under Biaxial Eccentric Compression

This paper studies the contribution of CFRP(carbon fiber-reinforced polymer)to the mechanical behavior of high strength concrete-filled square steel tube(HCFST)under biaxial eccentric compression.The new type of composite member is composed of an inner CFRP tube and an outer steel tube with concrete filled in the two tubes.The finite element analysis was made by ABAQUS on the behavior of high strength concrete filled square steel tubular columns with inner CFRP circular tube subjected to bi-axial eccentric loading.The results obtained from the finite element analysis were verified with the experimental results.In addition,the load-deflection curves in the whole process were calculated and analyzed,which can be divided into three segments:Elastic phase,plastic phase,descending phase.Based on the load-deflection curves,the stresses analysis on the core concrete,CFRP tube and steel tube were conducted.The confinement effect of the CFRP tube improves the ductility of HCFST-CFRP stub column.CFRP ratio and eccentricity affect the ultimate bearing capacity of HCFST stub column.Finally,a calculation formula of ultimate bearing capacity was proposed in the paper.

圆端形钢管混凝土短柱偏压性能和破坏机理分析

文章通过ABAQUS有限元软件建立了圆端形钢管混凝土偏压短柱的数值分析模型,并利用试验结果验证了数值分析模型的准确性。基于圆端形钢管核心混凝土等效本构模型,研究了偏心距、混凝土强度等诸多参数对圆端形钢管混凝土柱偏压性能的影响,揭示了其破坏模式;基于数值分析结果拟合出了圆端形钢管混凝土轴压力-弯矩相关曲线。研究结果表明,圆端形钢管混凝土短柱在偏压作用下的破坏模式主要表现为局部凹陷与两端鼓曲破坏和偏压转角过大破坏。在一定的偏心距范围内,圆端形钢管混凝土短柱的偏压轴向压力和最大弯矩随截面面积、钢材强度及混凝土强度的增大而增大,随偏心距和径厚比的增大而减小。研究结果可为建立圆端形钢管混凝土短柱设计理论提供参考。