scholarly journals A Detailed Experimental Study on The Flexural Behaviour of Concrete Filled Steel Tube Beams

Author(s):  
Shaik Heena ◽  
Syed Rizwan ◽  
A.B.S. Dadapeer

Concrete filled steel tubes (CFST) member have many advantages compared with the ordinary structural member made of steel or reinforced concrete. One of the main advantages is the interaction between the steel tube and concrete. Concrete delays the steel tube’s local buckling, whereas the steel tube confines the concrete and thereby increases the concrete’s strength. CFSTs are economical and permit rapid construction because the steel tube serves as formwork and reinforcement to the concrete fill, negating the need for either. The deformation capacity of the system is increased by the combined action of the concrete fill with the thin, ductile steel tube. The concrete fill significantly increases inelastic deformation capacity and the compressive stiffness and load capacity of the CFST member. In building construction concrete filled steel tubes are very widely used for columns in combination with steel or reinforced concrete beam. In this work totally 9 specimens were tested out of which 3 specimens were empty steel tubes and remaining 6 specimens were concrete filled with different bonding techniques. As it is prefabricated time consumption will be less in construction practice and due to confinement more ductility is expected which is very useful in earthquake resistant structures. Load carrying capacity of CFST almost doubled in comparison with empty steel tubes. Ultimate load carrying capacity of concrete filled steel tube beams almost doubled compared to empty steel tubes. Compared to empty steel tubes, strength increase of 67.19%, 97.48% and 114.84% was observed in normal CFST, CFST with sand blasting and CFST with diagonal shear connector beams respectively. Average ultimate load of EST was 105.66kN whereas average load of CFSTB, CFSTBWSB and CFSTBWDSC was 176.66, 208.66 and 227kN respectively. The maximum load was taken by the specimen CFSTBWDSC – 03 which was 231kN, it may be because of presence of diagonal shear connector inside the tube.

2011 ◽  
Vol 105-107 ◽  
pp. 1742-1750
Author(s):  
N. S. Kumar ◽  
Sameera Simha T.P.

Composite circular steel tubes- with and without epoxy infill for three different grades of concrete are tested for ultimate load capacity and axial shortening , under axial monotonic loading for compression. Steel tubes are compared for different lengths, cross sections and thickness. Specimens were tested separately after adopting Taguchi’s L9 (Latin Squares) Orthogonal array in order to save the initial experimental cost on number of specimens and experimental duration. DOE (Design of Experiment) approach was adopted. Results were generated using Taguchi’s method-a new technique to get mean effects plot. Analysis was carried out using ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) technique with the assistance of Mini Tab v15- a statistical soft tool. Results were verified after conducting preliminary nine combination experiments as per L9 orthogonal array and linear regression models were developed. Comparison for predicted and experimental output is obtained from linear regression plots. To know the implications of different factors on circular composite columns with and without epoxy, surface contours were also generated. From this research study it is concluded that ,Regression models which were developed with minimum number of experiments based on Taguchi’s method predicted the axial load carrying capacity very well and reasonably well for at ultimate point. Cross sectional area of steel tube has most significant effect on ultimate load carrying capacity. Also it is observed that, as length of steel tube increased- load carrying capacity decreased.


2021 ◽  
Vol 353 ◽  
pp. 01013
Author(s):  
Tingwei Wang

Finite element method and fiber model method were used to calculate the load-carrying capacity of the specimens. Based on the experimental and theoretical analysis, simplified calculation method of the load-carrying capacity for this kind of member is proposed. It indicates that finite element method result is relatively small, fiber model method result accords well with the experimental result. Circular reinforced concrete members covered with steel tube presents both the characteristics of reinforced concrete and concrete filled steel tube member, showing higher load-carrying capacity and greater deformability. The load-carrying capacity of circular reinforced concrete members covered with steel tube can be calculated by the means of the method of reinforced concrete member with confined concrete. The result predicted by the simplified method is in good agreement with the experimental result.


2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Ahmed Ali AL-Dhabyani ◽  
Abdulwahab AL-Ansi

In the modern building construction, openings in beams are necessary to accommodate several service pipes and ducts. Due to these openings, high stress concentration occurs at its edges. Local cracks also appear around the openings as a result of the reduction in the beam stiffness, the load carrying capacity and the shear capacity. There are many studies which were conducted to develop and test different strengthening methods for the beams opining to increase the ultimate load capacity of the beams. However, from a practical point of view, it is better to have one strengthening method having the same specifications to be used in both; shear and flexural zones for circular opining beams in buildings. In spite of the prior studies, no study has addressed this issue; therefore, there is a need to study such a case. In this paper, an analytical study was conducted to investigate the behavior of the reinforced concrete (RC) beams with circular openings in flexural and shear zones strengthened by steel plates. A 3D FE modeling (ABAQUS 6.12) software was used to simulate five different specimens of RC beams. The study results showed that when the openings were strengthened by steel plates, the ultimate load carrying capacity increased, but the deflection was decreased when compared to the openings without strengthening. In addition, the model reliability was verified via good agreements between the experimental and numerical results.


2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 2224-2233
Author(s):  
Li Zhong Jiang ◽  
Wang Bao Zhou ◽  
Jing Jing Qi

The paper presents a numerical method for calculating the load-deformation response and ultimate load carrying capacity of Concrete Filled Steel Tubular (CFST) latticed columns A half-wave sinusoidal function is assumed for the deflected shape of the column. The effect of confinement and shear deformation are included in the analysis, and the corresponding equilibrium equation is established. The method applies to eccentrically loaded compression members bent in single curvature. Unequal end eccentricities can be considered. Test results are reported for seventeen four latticed column specimens with varying end eccentricities and slenderness ratios. The obtained results show that eccentricity has significant effect on the bearing capacity of specimen, and the slenderness ratio also has some influence. The diagonal lacing bars remained in the elastic state during the entire load range. When specimens go into the nonlinear stage, Poisson's ratio of the near-load steel tube increases and a significant confinement effect can be observed. For the far-load steel tube, confinement effect does not occur to a significant extent. Specimen failure is due to overall instability except in the case of several individual short columns. Good agreement was found between the theoretical and experimental results using the numerical method developed in the paper. The proposed numerical method is shown to be more accurate than the current method presented in the Chinese code.


Author(s):  
A. Hamoda ◽  
A. Basha ◽  
S. Fayed ◽  
K. Sennah

AbstractThis paper investigates numerically and experimentally the performance of reinforced concrete (RC) beam with unequal depths subjected to combined bending and shear. Such beams can geometrically be considered for unleveled reinforced concrete (RC) floor slab-beam system. However, it may generate critical disturbances in stress flow at the re-entrant corner (i.e. location of drop in beam depth). This research investigates the use of shear reinforcement and geometric properties to enhance cracking characteristics, yielding, ultimate load-carrying capacity, and exhibiting ductile failure mode. Ten reinforced concrete (RC) beams were constructed and tested experimentally considering the following key parameters: recess length, depth of smaller beam nib, and amount and layout of shear reinforcement at re-entrant corner. Finite element analysis (FEA) with material non-linearity was conducted in two RC beams that were tested experimentally to validate the computer modelling. The FEA models were then extended to conduct a parametric study to investigate the influence of geometric parameters (beam shape and width) and amount and arrangement of shear reinforcement on the structural response. Results confirmed that geometric properties and ratio of shear reinforcement at the re-entrant region significantly affect the behavior of reinforced concrete beam with unequal depths in terms of first cracking, yielding level, ultimate load carrying capacity and mode of failure.


Abstract. Concrete is the predominant material in the construction industry. To be sustainable, the old Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings should be retrofitted, and the life of the building should be extended. Experimental study has been attempted to investigate the load carrying capacity of concrete beam strengthened with glass fiber and banana fiber mat. The primary aim of this study is to retrofit the RC beam specimen to enhance the load carrying capacity. All the beams were casted with the same grade of concrete (M30) and same structural detailing. Two-point symmetrical loading were given to the control beams to obtain load at initial crack and ultimate load. Then the beams other than control beams were loaded till it showes initial crack and then retrofitted with banana fiber and glass fiber bonded externally with resin. The retrofitted beams were tested for ultimate load performance. Load carrying capacity was higher for both retrofitting but the beam retrofitter with glass fiber showed significant improvement in the ultimate load carrying capacity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Hao Zheng ◽  
Shansuo Zheng ◽  
Yixin Zhang ◽  
Yonglong Cai ◽  
Ming Ming ◽  
...  

The purpose of this paper was to systematically investigate the influence of acid rain environments on the seismic behaviour of a reinforced concrete (RC) column. Six RC column specimens with shear span ratios of 2.84 were tested under low cyclic reversed loads after being subjected to accelerated corrosion tests in an artificial climate. The corrosion level and stirrup ratio were used as the control variables. The corrosion ratios of the longitudinal rebars ranged from 0 to 13.17%, and the corrosion ratios of the stirrups varied from 0 to 6.75%. The seismic behaviours of the column specimens were analysed with respect to visual damage, failure mode, hysteresis behaviour, load-carrying capacity, deformation capacity, stiffness degradation, and energy dissipation behaviour. The test results showed that the appearance characteristics of the six column specimens exhibited varying degrees of visual damage as a result of the simulated acid rain exposure. All six specimens were dominated by similar flexural-shear failures under low cyclic reversed loads, regardless of the distinctions in the corrosion levels or stirrup ratios. For the specimens with the same ratios of stirrup, as the corrosion level increased, the load-carrying capacity, deformation capacity, stiffness, and energy dissipation capacity were continuously decreased. For the specimens with the same levels of corrosion, the higher the stirrup ratio was, the stronger the restraint effect of the stirrups on the concrete, and the seismic behaviours of the specimens were obviously improved.


2020 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 3-9
Author(s):  
Marwa R. Gaber ◽  
Hayder A. Al-Baghdadi

This paper presents a study (experimentally) for strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams with Near-Surface-Mounted (NSM) technique. The use of this technique with CFRP strips or rebars is an efficient technology for increasing the strength for flexure and shear or for repairing damaged reinforced concrete (RC) members. The objective of this research is to study, experimentally, RC beams either repaired or strengthened with NSM CFRP strips and follow their flexural behavior and failure modes. NSM-CFRP strips were used to strengthen three RC beam specimens, one of them was initially strengthened and tested up to failure. Four beam specimens have been initially subjected to preloading to 50% and 80% of ultimate load. Two of the specimens were either repaired or strengthened with NSM-CFRP strips. All the repaired/strengthened pre-damaged beams have been tested up to failure by using compression-testing machine. An appropriate-scale model was adopted. All the specimens have a cross-sectional dimension of 150 mm with an effective span of 110 mm. Depends on the experimental results, a better performance of the strengthened concrete specimens was obtained in both strength and serviceability. As a comparison with the control beam specimen, all the repaired specimens show a very good increase of about 40% in the load-carrying capacity and a high improvement in resistance to cracking of about 120% in NSM. On the other hand, the test results of NSM CFRP-strengthened concrete specimens with a preloading of 50% and 80% of the ultimate load show an increase of about 9% to 20% in the load-carrying capacity, for 50% and 80% pre-loading, respectively an improvement in deflection of about 2% to 27% in NSM, for 80% and 50% pre-loading, respectively.


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