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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 43, Number 2, April25 2022 , pages 201-219
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2022.43.2.201
 


Behaviors of UHPC-filled Q960 high strength steel tubes under low temperature compression
Jia-Bao Yan, Shunnian Hu, Yan-Li Luo, Xuchuan Lin, Yun-Biao Luo and Lingxin Zhang

 
Abstract
    This paper firstly proposed high performance composite columns for cold-region infrastructures using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) and ultra-high strength steel (UHSS) Q960E. Then, 24 square UHPC-filled UHSS tubes (UHSTCs) at low temperatures of -80, -60, -30, and 30°C were performed under axial loads. The key influencing parameters on axial compression performance of UHSS were studied, i.e., temperature level and UHSS-tube wall thickness (t). In addition, mechanical properties of Q960E at low temperatures were also studied. Test results revealed low temperatures improved the yield/ultimate strength of Q960E. Axial compression tests on UHSTCs revealed that the dropping environmental temperature increased the compression strength and stiffness, but compromised the ductility of UHSTCs; increasing t significantly increased the strength, stiffness, and ductility of UHSTCs. This study developed numerical and theoretical models to reproduce axial compression performances of UHSTCs at low temperatures. Validations against 24 tests proved that both two methods provided reasonable simulations on axial compression performance of UHSTCs. Finally, simplified theoretical models (STMs) and modified prediction equations in AISC 360, ACI 318, and Eurocode 4 were developed to estimate the axial load capacity of UHSTCs at low temperatures.
 
Key Words
    deformation demand; earthquake resistant design philosophy; limit states; structural damage states; levels of earthquake shaking
 
Address
Jia-Bao Yan:1)Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
2)School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China

Shunnian Hu:School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China

Yan-Li Luo:Architectural Engineering Institute IV, Automotive Engineering Corporation, Tianjin 300113, China

Xuchuan Lin:Architectural Engineering Institute IV, Automotive Engineering Corporation, Tianjin 300113, China

Yun-Biao Luo:1)Key Laboratory of Coast Civil Structure Safety of Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China 2)School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China

Lingxin Zhang:Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, CEA, Harbin 150080, China
 

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