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http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/scs.2015.18.3.623

Axial behavior of RC columns strengthened with SCC filled square steel tubes  

Lu, Yi-Yan (School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University)
Liang, Hong-Jun (School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University)
Li, Shan (School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University)
Li, Na (School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University)
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Steel and Composite Structures / v.18, no.3, 2015 , pp. 623-639 More about this Journal
Abstract
Self-compacting Concrete (SCC) Filled Square steel Tubes (SCFST) was used to strengthen square RC columns. To establish the efficiency of this strengthening method, 17 columns were tested under axial compression loading including 3 RC columns without any strengthening (WRC), 1 RC column strengthened with concrete jacket (CRC), 13 RC columns strengthened with self-compacting concrete filled square steel tubes (SRC). The experimental results showed that the use of SCFST is interesting since the ductility and the bearing capacity of the RC columns are greatly improved. The improvement ratio is significantly affected by the nominal wall thickness of steel tubes (t), the strength grade of strengthening concrete (C), and the length-to-width ratio (L / B) of the specimens. In order to quantitatively analyze the effect of these test parameters on axial loading behavior of the SRC columns, three performance indices, enhancement ratio (ER), ductility index (DI), and confinement ratio (CR), were used. The strength of the SRC columns obtained from the experiments was then employed to verify the proposed mode referring to the relevant codes. It was found that codes DBJ13-51 could relatively predict the strength of the SRC columns accurately, and codes AIJ and BS5400 were relatively conservative.
Keywords
RC columns; self-compacting concrete (SCC); square steel tubes; strengthening method; axial load;
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