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Tech Seminar 2016

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our beloved principal,
DR. T P Ramachandran for providing excellent library and computer facilities which have
been valuable in the completion of seminar.

I express my whole hearted gratitude to DR. M K Veerankutty, P G Coordinator of Civil

Engineering Department for his generous guidance, help, and useful suggestions.

I hear by express my sincere thanks to DR. Syed Jalaludeen Shah, Head of the Department of
Civil Engineering for giving me the opportunity to conduct the seminar on the topic
“Experimental behavior of concrete-filled steel tube columns”.

I also extend my gratitude to Ms. Thahzin Sageer, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Department for her constant guidance, support and encouragement throughout my seminar.
Gracious gratitude to all the faculty of the Department of Civil Engineering for their valuable
advice and encouragement.

Finally, an honourable mention goes to my family and friends for their wholehearted support that
help me greatly in completing my seminar.

Parvathy Sunil A

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ABSTRACT

Concrete-filled steel tube (CFT) columns offer significant advantages over columns made of
either steel or concrete alone, such as large energy dissipation and increased strength and
stiffness. To further improve the seismic performance of these columns, an experimental
investigation was conducted into CFT columns using ultrahigh-strength steel. More specifically,
seven square and circular specimens made with high-strength and conventional steel were
subjected to constant compressive axial load and cyclic flexural load protocols with two and 20
cycles imposed at each drift level. Based on the test results, the influence on the CFT’s cyclic
behaviour of the high-strength steel, cross-sectional shape, axial load, and number of cycles in
lateral loading history was studied. In comparison with the conventional steel specimens, larger
elastic deformation, higher strength, and delay of local buckling were observed in the high-
strength steel specimens, while compared with the circular specimens, the square specimens
sustained larger drift angles without fracture of their steel tubes because of the development and
progress of serious local buckling. The results of an investigation into the behaviour of thin-
walled steel tubes filled with high strength concrete are presented. The main emphasis is placed
on the level of ductility that can be achieved, considering the fact that neither high strength
concrete nor thin steel tubes are individually able to absorb significant amounts of energy under
cyclic loading. Results of 26 tests on specimens with a diameter of 152 mm and a wall thickness
of 1.7 mm, filled with concrete of characteristic compressive strength ranging between 73 and 92
MPa, are reported. Load combinations on the specimens range from pure axial compression,
through various combinations of axial load and bending, to pure bending. Three specimens were
subjected to cyclic loading.

Keywords: Concrete-filled steel tubes; Cyclic loading; High strength steel; Metal and composite
structures; Steel tubes; Strength and deformation capacities;

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT i

ABSTRACT ii

CONTENTS iii

LIST OF FIGURES v

LIST OF TABLES vi

1. INRODUCTION 1

1. 1 GENERAL 1

1.2 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CFT COLUMNS 2

2 CASE STUDY 1: EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIOR OF CONCRETE-

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FILLED STEEL TUBE COLUMNS USING ULTRAHIGH-STRENGTH
STEEL BY KONSTANTINOS.A ET AL. (2016)
2.1 HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL IN CFT COLUMNS 3

3. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION 3

3.1 MATERIALS USED IN SPECIMENS 3

3.2 TEST PARAMETERS AND SPECIMENS 5

3.3 SPECIMENS CONFIGURATION AND TEST SETUP 7

4. TEST RESULTS 9

4.1 CIRCULAR CFT SPECIMENS 11

4.2 SQUARE CFT SPECIMENS 12

5. DISCUSSION OF TEST RESULTS 13

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5.1 EFFECT OF HIGH-STRENGTH STEEL 13

5.2 EFFECT OF CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE 13

5.3 EFFECT OF AXIAL LOAD 14

5.4 EFFECT OF APPLIED NUMBER OF CYCLES 14

6. CASE STUDY 2: BEAM-COLUMN BEHAVIOUR OF STEEL TUBES

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FILLED WITH HIGH STRENGTH CONCRETE BY BOEHME AND
HELMU (2015)
6.1 EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED 16

6.1.1 Type A: short column test 19

6.1.2 Type B: Beam tests 20

6.1.3 Type C: beam-column tests 21

6.1.4 Type D: eccentrically loaded columns 22

6.2 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND SPECIMEN BEHAVIOUR 23

6.2.1 Type A 24

6.2.2 Type B 24

6.2.3 Type C 25

6.2.4 Type D 26

7. CONCLUSIONS 27

REFERENCES 28

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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure Title Page

No. No.
3.1 Stress-strain curves of HS and conventional steels 4

3.2 Details of Test specimens 8

3.3 Test Setup 9

4.1 Failure modes of CFT specimens: (a) C-25-C-2; (b) H-25-C-2; (c) H-0- 10
C-2; (d) C-25-R-2; (e) H-25-R-2; (f) C-25-R-20; (g) H-25-R-20-1.5

4.2 Normalized moment-drift angle response of test specimens: (a) C-25-R- 10

2; (b) H-25-R-2; (c) C-25-R-20; (d) H-25-R-20

4.3 (a) Normalized moment-to-drift angle results and time of fracture; (b) 11
tendency of axial shortening-to-drift angle
Comparisons of moment-to-drift angle results between specimens (a) C-

5.1 25-R-2 and C-25-R-20; (b) H-25-R-2 and H-25-R-20; comparison of 16

axial shortening-to-drift angle between specimens (c) C-25-R-2 and C-
25-R-20; (d) H-25-R-2 and H-25-R 20
6.1 Short column test (Type A) 20

6.2 Beam test (Type B) 21

6.3 Beam-column test layout (Type C) 22

6.4 Eccentrically located column test layout (Type D) 23

6.5 Short column failure mode 24

6.6 Hysteretic behaviour of beam specimen (Type B2) 25

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LIST OF TABLES

Table No. Title Page

No.
3.1 Mix Proportions of Concrete Infill 4

3.2 Dimensions and Material Properties of Test Specimens 6

6.1 Experimental results 17

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