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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 77, Number 6, March25 2021 , pages 745-751
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2021.77.6.745
 


Concrete filled double skin square tubular stub columns subjected to compression load
Kojiro Uenaka

 
Abstract
    Concrete filled double skin tubular members (CFDST) consist of double concentric circular or square steel tubes with concrete filled between the two steel tubes. The CFDST members, having a hollow section inside the internal tube, are generally lighter than ordinary concrete filled steel tubular members (CFT) which have a solid cross-section. Therefore, when the CFDST members are applied to bridge piers, reduction of seismic action can be expected. The present study aims to investigate, experimentally, the behavior of CFDST stub columns with double concentric square steel tubes filled with concrete (SS-CFDST) when working under centric compression. Two test parameters, namely, inner-to-outer width ratio and outer square steel tube's width-to-thickness were selected and outer steel tube's width-to-thickness ratio ranging from 70 to 160 were considered. In the results, shear failure of the concrete fill and local buckling of the double skin tubes having largest inner-toouter width ratio were observed. A method to predict axial loading capacity of SS-CFDST is also proposed. In addition, the load capacity in the axial direction of stub column test on SS-CFDST is compared with that of double circular CFDST. Finally, the biaxial stress behavior of both steel tubes under plane stress is discussed.
 
Key Words
    CFDST; CFT; inner-to-outer width ratio; large width-to-thickness ratio; axial loading capacity; biaxial stress
 
Address
Kojiro Uenaka: Department of Civil Engineering, Kobe City College of Technology, Gakuenhigashimachi 8-3, Nishi, Kobe, 6512194, Japan
 

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