CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBE

COLUMNS

BY YOGENDRA SINGH PATEL

2017CES2707
 INTRODUCTION

• CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL TUBES (CFTS) ARE COMPOSITE MEMBERS CONSISTING OF A STEEL

TUBE INFILLED WITH CONCRETE.
• THE STEEL LIES AT THE OUTER PERIMETER WHERE IT PERFORMS MOST EFFECTIVELY IN TENSION
AND IN RESISTING BENDING MOMENT.
 BEHAVIOUR OF THE COLUMN

• COLUMNS SHOWED HIGH DUCTILITY AND MAINTAINED THEIR STRENGTH UP TO THE END OF
THE TESTS.
• COLUMN CAPACITY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVEMENT DUE TO THE ENHANCEMENT IN THE
CONCRETE STRENGTH DUE TO THE CONFINEMENT PROVIDED BY THE STEEL TUBE.
• THE BUCKLING STRENGTH OF THE AXIALLY LOADED LONG COLUMNS CAN BE ACCURATELY
PREDICTED BY SUMMING THE TANGENT MODULUS STRENGTH FOR THE STEEL TUBE AND THE
CONCRETE CORE ACTING AS INDEPENDENT COLUMNS.
 TEST RESULTS
• LATERAL LOAD DEFLECTION RELATIONSHIP: THE SPECIMENS PRODUCE LARGE HYSTERETIC
LOOPS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE LATERAL LOAD UP TO A DUCTILITY LEVEL EQUAL
TO 10.
• DISSIPATED ENERGY : THE SPECIMENS WITH THE 1/4 IN. (6.4 MM) TUBE WALL THICKNESS
DISSIPATE LESS ENERGY THAN THE ONES WITH THE 3/8 IN. (9.5 MM) TUBE WALL THICKNESS.
 ELASTO PLASTIC BEHAVIOR

• IT IS OBSERVED THAT AS THE ECCENTRICITY BECOMES LARGE THE MAXIMUM LOAD DECREASES,
WHILE THE DEFLECTION AT THE LOAD INCREASES. EFFECT OF THE MAGNITUDE OF
ECCENTRICITY ON THE STRENGTH AND BEHAVIOUR BECOMES SMALL AS THE LK/D RATIO
BECOMES LARGE.
 DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS ACCORDING TO
AIJ(ARCHITECTURAL INSTITUTE OF JAPAN)
• THE LIMITING VALUES OF THE WIDTH-TO-THICKNESS RATIO FOR A RECTANGULAR TUBE AND
THE DIAMETER- TO-THICKNESS RATIO FOR A CIRCULAR TUBE ARE AS FOLLOWS

THE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVE LENGTH LK OF A CFT MEMBER IS LIMITED TO:

ALLOWABLE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CFT

lk: effective length of a CFT column

D: width or diameter of a steel tube section
η = 0 for a square CFT column
η = 0.27 for a circular CFT column
Nc1, Nc2, Nc3 : allowable strengths of a CFT column
cNc: allowable strength of a concrete column
sNc: allowable strength of a steel tube column
 ADVANTAGES

• THE STRENGTH OF THE CONCRETE IS INCREASED DUE TO THE CONFINING EFFECT PROVIDED
BY THE STEEL TUBE, AND THE STRENGTH DETERIORATION IS NOT VERY SEVERE, BECAUSE
CONCRETE SPALLING IS PREVENTED BY THE TUBE
• DRYING SHRINKAGE AND CREEP OF THE CONCRETE ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN IN ORDINARY
REINFORCED CONCRETE.
• LOCAL BUCKLING OF THE STEEL TUBE IS DELAYED
• CONSTRUCTION EFFICIENCY: LABOR FOR FORMS AND REINFORCING BARS IS OMITTED, AND
CONCRETE CASTING IS DONE BY TREMIE TUBE OR THE PUMP-UP METHOD.
 REFERANCES

• ELREMAILY A AND AZIZINAMINI A “ BEHAVIOR OF CIRCULAR CONCRETE CIRCULAR CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBE
COLUNMS” COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION IN STEEL AND CONCRETE IV ASCE
• HTTPS://ASCELIBRARY.ORG/DOI/PDF/10.1061/40616%28281%2950
• MORINO S AND TSUDA K “ DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE-FILLED STEEL TUBE COLUMN SYSTEM
IN JAPAN”
• KRISHAN A L ET.AL. (2016) “EFFICIENT DESIGN OF CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBE COLUMNS” PROCEDIA
ENGINEERING 150 ( 2016 ) 1709 – 1714 ELSEVIER JOURNALS
• TSUDA K ET. AL. “STRENGTH AND BEHAVIOR OF SLENDER CONCRETE CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBULAR
COLUMNS” 12TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
HTTP://WWW.IITK.AC.IN/NICEE/WCEE/ARTICLE/0195.PDF
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