Behaviour of Double-Skin Tubular

Concrete Column with Stiffened Plate

C. Pavithra, J. Revathy, P. Gajalakshmi, and V. Kamalesh

1 Introduction

A composite material is composed of at least two materials to give properties better

than that of conventional concrete. The use of composite members in the construc-
tion creates a stiffer, lightweight, less expensive structure, easy to erect, and speedy
construction than the traditional construction. The advantage of using composite
members in the construction site is to facilitate the ease of work and the shuttering
can be minimized. The main objective of the composite structure is to effectively use
the properties of concrete and steel. One such construction is the concrete-filled pipe,
where the concrete is poured into the steel tube. This type of construction further
proposed leaving the steel tuber hollow and changing the void ratios, increasing the
thickness of the steel tube, or with different shapes other than circular like square,
rectangular, hexagon, etc., in order to resist the load. Due to the composite structure,
it has a high strength-to-weight ratio. It was widely used in most buildings in the past.
Since concrete has good compressive strength and steel has good tensile strength, the
combination of these two materials will produce an efficient and lightweight design.
FRP (fibre-reinforced polymer) offers a new hybrid member by combining with
concrete or steel or timber. Using of FRP in the structural member gives excellent

C. Pavithra (B) · J. Revathy · P. Gajalakshmi

School of Infrastructure, B. S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology,
Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India
J. Revathy
e-mail: revathyj@crescent.education
P. Gajalakshmi
e-mail: gajalakshmi@crescent.education
V. Kamalesh
Department of Civil Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamil
Nadu, India

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