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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 55, Number 6, June 25 2025 , pages 517-532
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2025.55.6.517
 


Experimental study on seismic performance of concrete-encased concrete-filled steel tube column and RC beam joint
Faming Lu, Wei Liu, Wu Wang, Guo Zhu, Liang Cao and Hailei Zhou

 
Abstract
    This paper studies the seismic performance of a novel concrete-encased concrete-filled steel tube column and reinforced concrete beam composite joint. In order to gain insight into the seismic performance of the joint, a pseudo-static test was conducted on an actual engineering joint specimen with a scale ratio of 1:2. The specimen was subjected to a loading method comprising the application of a constant axial force to the top of the column and a cyclic load to the end of the column. Employing experiments and in conjunction with digital image correlation technology, the failure process and characteristics of such joints were subjected to detailed analysis, and the variation laws of the bearing capacity, deformation capacity, strength and stiffness degradation, seismic ductility and energy dissipation capacity of such joints were investigated. The results demonstrate that when subjected to a combination of constant axial pressure and lateral cyclic load, the joint exhibits a beam end bending failure mode, characterised by ductility. The maximum drift ratio reached was 5%. The joint displays excellent seismic performance when subjected to cyclic loading.
 
Key Words
    concrete filled steel tube composite column; Digital image correlation (DIC); pseudo-static test; seismic performance; through type connecting node
 
Address
Faming Lu:Chengdu Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., LTD., Chengdu 610041, China

Wei Liu:Chengdu Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., LTD., Chengdu 610041, China

Wu Wang:Chengdu Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., LTD., Chengdu 610041, China

Guo Zhu:Chengdu Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., LTD., Chengdu 610041, China

Liang Cao:1)College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
2)Key Laboratory for Damage Diagnosis of Engineering Structures of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China

Hailei Zhou:1)College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
2)Key Laboratory for Damage Diagnosis of Engineering Structures of Hunan Province, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
 

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