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Steel and Composite Structures Volume 12, Number 6, May 2012, pages 523-540 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2012.12.6.523 |
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Load-sharing ratio analysis of reinforced concrete filled tubular steel columns |
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Alifujiang Xiamuxi* and Akira Hasegawa
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| Abstract | ||
| It was clear from the former researches on reinforced concrete filled tubular steel (RCFT) structures that RCFT structures have different performance than concrete filled steel tubular (CFT) structures. However, despite of that, load-sharing ratio of RCFT is evaluating by the formula and range of CFT given by JSCE. Therefore, the aim of this investigation is to study the load-sharing ratio of RCFT columns subjected to axial compressive load by performing numerical simulations of RCFT columns with the nonlinear finite element analysis (FEA) program - ADINA. To achieve this goal, firstly proper material constitutive models for concrete, steel tube and reinforcement are proposed. Then axial compression tests of concrete, RC, CFT, and RCFT columns are carried out to verify proposed material constitutive models. Finally, by the plenty of numerical analysis with small-sized and big-sized columns, load-sharing ratio of RCFT columns was studied, the evaluation formulas and range were proposed, application of the formula was demonstrated, and following conclusions were drawn: The FEA model introduced in this paper can be applied to nonlinear analysis of RCFT columns with reliable results; the load-sharing ratio evaluation formula and range of CFT should not be applied to RCFT; The lower limit for the range of load-sharing ratio of RCFT can be smaller than that of CFT; the proposed formulas for load-sharing ratio of RCFT have practical mean in design of RCFT columns. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| RCFT structures; CFT structures; load-sharing ratio; numerical simulation; constitutive model; evaluation formula. | ||
| Address | ||
| Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Hachinohe Institute of Technology, Hachinohe, Japan | ||