To study axial compressive strength of high strength concrete-filled steel tube composite columns, tests of 18 specimens were carried out. Parameters of the specimens were the confinement index of concrete-filled steel tube, the cubic strength and the stirrup characteristic value of concrete outer of steel tube. Test results show that the concrete-filled steel tube and the reinforced concrete deformed simultaneously in the axial direction before and at the peak value of axial compressive force; after failure of the reinforced concrete, the concrete-filled steel tube can still bear the axial load and deformation; the main influential factors of axial compressive capacity are confinement index, the cubic strength and the stirrup characteristic value of concrete outer of steel tube. The accuracy of the formula of axial compressive strength of composite columns provided by CECS 188:2005 is proved by the test results of this paper.
In this paper, with the help of program Thufiber, fiber model is used to simulate bridge piers, solid element is used to simulate the superstructure in program MSC.Marc. The effects of the travelling wave on the nonlinear seismic response of the long-span continuous rigid-frame bridge with high piers are analyzed under 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Wave excitation. The results show that travelling wave has much effect on displacement and shear force of high piers of the bridge. The displacement of the pier top decreases 20% to 50% and the shear force at the pier base increases from 20% to 30%.
In order to study seismic behaviour of concrete-filled steel tube composite columns under low-cyclic load, using finite element software OpenSEES, numerical simulation is carried out in this paper. The results indicate that OpenSEES can simulate well hysteretic curves and skeleton curves of concrete-filled steel tube composite columns under low-cyclic load, and the simulated peak load showed good agreement with the test results, with errors no more than 10%. The simulative hysteretic curve shapes are nearly similar to that of test results, and can describe degradation of their stiffness and strength in the cyclic loading process.
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