scholarly journals Field Performance of Open-Ended Prestressed High-Strength Concrete Pipe Piles Jacked into Clay

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-Lei Kou ◽  
Wen-Zhou Diao ◽  
Tao Liu ◽  
Dan-Liang Yang ◽  
Suksun Horpibulsuk
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Static Loading ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Field Tests ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Axial Forces ◽  
Static Loading Test

The behavior of open-ended pipe piles is different from that of closed-ended pipe piles due to the soil plugging effect. In this study, a series of field tests were conducted to investigate the behavior of open-ended prestressed high-strength concrete (PHC) pipe piles installed into clay. Two open-ended PHC pipe piles were instrumented with Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors and jacked into clay for subsequent static loading tests. Soil plug length of the test piles was continuously measured during installation, allowing for calculation of the incremental filling ratio. The recorded data in static loading test were reported and analyzed. The distribution of residual forces after installation and the effect on the bearing capacity were also discussed in detail. The test piles were observed to be in partially plugged condition during installation. The measured ultimate shaft resistance and total resistance of the test piles were 639 and 1180 kN, respectively. The residual forces locked in the test piles after installation significantly affected the evaluation of the axial forces, and thus the shaft and end resistances. It tended to underestimate the end resistances and overestimate the shaft resistances if the residual forces were not considered in the loading test. However, the residual forces did not affect the total bearing capacity of open-ended PHC pipe piles in this study.

Finite Element Simulation on Behavior of the High-Strength Concrete Filled High-Strength Square Steel Tube Middle-Long Columns under Axial Compressive Load

2014 ◽  
Vol 578-579 ◽  
pp. 340-345
Author(s):  
Guo Chang Li ◽  
Bo Wen Zhu ◽  
Yu Liu
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Slenderness Ratio ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Steel Tube ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Length Variation ◽  
Compression Process ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Square Steel Tube

In this paper, using ABAQUS, 16 high-strength concrete filled high-strength square steel tube middle-long columns’ axial compression process were simulated. The load-deflection relationships were obtained and the new combination in improving the bearing capacity and plastic deformation has a great advantage. Realization of length variation slenderness ratio by changing the length of column, this paper also study the influence of slenderness ratio, the main parameters of the high-strength concrete filled high-strength square steel tube middle-long column. It is found that both bearing capacity and the plastic capacity are associated with slenderness ratio.

scholarly journals Steel Plate Cold-Rolled Section Steel Embedded High-Strength Concrete Low-Rise Shear Wall Seismic Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Min Gan ◽  
Yu Yu ◽  
Liren Li ◽  
Xisheng Lu
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Failure Mode ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Steel Plate ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Shear Wall ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Strength Concrete

Four test pieces with different steel plate center-to-center distances and reinforcement ratios are subjected to low-cycle repeat quasistatic loading to optimize properties as failure mode, hysteretic curve, skeleton curve, energy dissipation parameters, strength parameters, and seismic performance of high-strength concrete low-rise shear walls. The embedded steel plates are shown to effectively restrict wall crack propagation, enhance the overall steel ratio, and improve the failure mode of the wall while reducing the degree of brittle failure. Under the same conditions, increasing the spacing between the steel plates in the steel plate concrete shear wall can effectively preserve the horizontal bearing capacity of the shear wall under an ultimate load. The embedded steel plates perform better than concealed bracing in delaying stiffness degeneration in the low-rise shear walls, thus safeguarding their long-term bearing capacity. The results presented here may provide a workable basis for shear wall design optimization.

Field study of residual forces developed in pre-stressed high-strength concrete (PHC) pipe piles

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 696-707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai-lei Kou ◽  
Jian Chu ◽  
Wei Guo ◽  
Ming-yi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Static Loading ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Load Transfer ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Neutral Plane ◽  
Shaft Resistance ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Loading Tests ◽  
Residual Force

A large-scale field testing program for the study of residual forces in pre-stressed high-strength concrete (PHC) pipe piles is presented in this paper. Five open-ended PHC pipe piles with 13 or 18 m in embedded length were installed and used for static loading tests at a building site in Hangzhou, China. All the piles were instrumented with fiber Bragg grating (FBG) strain gauges. The residual forces in these piles were recorded during and after installation. The measured load transfer data along a pile during the static loading tests are reported. The effect of the residual force on the interpretation of the load transfer behavior is discussed. The field data show that residual force along the installed pile increases approximately exponentially to the neutral plane and then reduces towards the toe. The residual force decreases with time to a stable value after pile jacking due to the secondary interaction between the pile and the disturbed soil around the pile and other factors. The large residual forces along the PHC pipe piles significantly affect the evaluation of the pile load distributions, and thus the shaft and toe resistances. The conventional bearing capacity theory tends to overestimate the shaft resistance at positions above the neutral plane and underestimate the shaft resistance at positions below the neutral plane, and the toe resistance for an open-ended PHC pipe piles founded in stratified soils.

scholarly journals Fire Performance of Columns Made of Normal and High Strength Concrete: A Comparative Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 711 ◽  
pp. 564-571 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Gernay
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Strength Loss ◽  
Fire Performance ◽  
Load Bearing Capacity ◽  
Load Bearing ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
The Impact

The use of high strength concrete (HSC) in multi-story buildings has become increasingly popular. Selection of HSC over normal strength concrete (NSC) allows for reducing the dimensions of the columns sections. However, this reduction has consequences on the structural performance in case of fire, as smaller cross sections lead to faster temperature increase in the section core. Besides, HSC experiences higher rates of strength loss with temperature and a higher susceptibility to spalling than NSC. The fire performance of a column can thus be affected by selecting HSC over NSC. This research performs a comparison of the fire performance of HSC and NSC columns, based on numerical simulations by finite element method. The thermal and structural analyses of the columns are conducted with the software SAFIR®. The variation of concrete strength with temperature for the different concrete classes is adopted from Eurocode. Different configurations are compared, including columns with the same load bearing capacity and columns with the same cross section. The relative loss of load bearing capacity during the fire is found to be more pronounced for HSC columns than for NSC columns. The impact on fire resistance rating is discussed. These results suggest that consideration of fire loading limits the opportunities for use of HSC, especially when the objective is to reduce the dimensions of the columns sections.

Experimental Research on Bearing Capacity of Concrete Columns with High Strength Concrete Core under Axial Compression Loading

2012 ◽  
Vol 479-481 ◽  
pp. 2041-2045
Author(s):  
Yue Qi
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Axial Compression ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Concrete Columns ◽  
Concrete Column ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Column ◽  
Concrete Core ◽  
Strength Concrete

Based on experimental research on plain concrete columns with high strength concrete core, the formula to predict the bearing capacity of concrete columns with high strength concrete core under axial compression loading was brought forward in previous paper, in order to verify the formula whether right, axial compression test including 3 concrete columns with high strength concrete core and 1 ordinary reinforced concrete column were completed, and the failure characteristic was analyzed additionally. According to experimental results, it can be shown that the failure modes of concrete columns with high strength concrete core are similar to that of ordinary reinforced concrete columns, however, the bearing capacity of concrete columns with high strength concrete core is significant higher compared with that of ordinary reinforced concrete column; the results of the bearing capacity obtained by the formula (2) was in good agreement with the experimental results.

Beam-column behaviour of steel tubes filled with high strength concrete

1994 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmut G. L. Prion ◽  
Jens Boehme
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Loading ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Steel Tubes ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
Thin Steel ◽  
Current Code

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. Test results are compared with design models that are used in current code specifications. Key words: steel tubes, concrete, composite, beam-column, beam, column, experimental.

scholarly journals Non-linear Analysis of Slender High Strength Concrete Column

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1440-1451
Author(s):  
Ernesto Fenollosa ◽  
Iván Cabrera ◽  
Verónica Llopis ◽  
Adolfo Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Bearing Capacity ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Axial Force ◽  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Bending Moment ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Concrete Columns ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
The Moment ◽  
High Strength Concrete Columns

This article shows the influence of axial force eccentricity on high strength concrete columns design. The behavior of columns made of normal, middle and high strength concrete with slenderness values between 20 and 60 under an eccentric axial force has been studied. Structural analysis has been developed by means of software which considers both geometrical and mechanical non-linearity. The sequence of points defined by increasing values of axial force and bending moment produced by eccentricity has been represented on the cross-section interaction diagram until failure for each tested column. Then, diagrams depicting the relationship between failure axial force and column's slenderness have been drawn. The loss of bearing capacity of the member for normal and middle strength columns when compared with the bearing capacity of their cross-section is more noticeable as axial force eccentricity assumes higher values. However, this situation reverses for high strength columns with high slenderness values. On the basis of results obtained, the accuracy level for the moment magnifier method was checked. Despite the good concordance in most of the cases, it was verified that the moment magnifier method leads to excessively tight results for high strength concrete columns with high slenderness values. In these specific cases, a coefficient which amends the column rigidity is proposed so as to obtain safer values.

scholarly journals Analysis of Static Characteristics of Steel Box Girder Bridge being composited High Strength Concrete at the Lower Flange of the Support

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 219-224
Author(s):  
Taegweon Cha ◽  
Ilyoung Jang
Keyword(s):  
High Strength Concrete ◽  
Torsional Rigidity ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Loading Test ◽  
Box Girder ◽  
Strength Concrete ◽  
Steel Box Girder ◽  
Box Girder Bridge ◽  
Girder Bridge ◽  
Steel Box Girder Bridge

The steel box girder bridge has excellent applicability to curved bridges owing to its large torsional rigidity. In addition, because the weight of the segments is smaller than that of concrete bridges, it also has many applications for medium-range bridges. However, when a bridge with a span greater than 70 m is constructed, the height of the steel box girder increases, which is disadvantageous for the manufacture and transportation of girders and for bridge construction. Therefore, improvements in the construction methods are required to facilitate construction. Therefore, a structural system of a double composite box girder bridge with an upper slab and composite high-strength concrete at the lower flange of the support of continuous span was proposed, and the structural performance was verified by finite element analysis and a static loading test of an actual specimen. It was confirmed that such a structure minimizes the height of the girder of continuous support by optimizing the sectional efficiency and also improves usability.

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