TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOUR OF COMPOSITE COLUMN WITH

AXIAL COMPRESSION LOADING BY EXPERIMENT & USING

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION
a complete non- linear element model that could represents the behavior of
composite column tested under axial compression in laboratory was developed. A
numerical analysis is presented here based on experimental results for verification
& agreement. finite elements of concrete filled steel tube (CFT) composite columns
section. Effects of parameters like lengths,slenderness ratio, compressive strength
of concrete, yield strength of steel, confinement reinforcement should be checked.

INTRODUCTION Composite systems refer to any members composed of more

than one material. The parts of these composite members are rigidly connected
such that no relative movement can occur and to make best use of their particular
characteristics. As for the components, reinforced concrete is inexpensive, massive,
stiff and advantageous in compressive strength to assist in resisting the service
loads while steel members are strong, lightweight and have the advantages of high
tensile strength and ductility in which used for the building erection and resisting all
construction loadsSteel concrete composite structures are widely used in many
structural applications such as beams, slabs, walls and columns. Composite
structures provide not only great reduction for the element size and weight but also
high structural efficiency. A steel-concrete composite column is a compression
member, comprising either a concrete encased hot-rolled steel section or a
concrete filled steel box of hot-rolled steel and is generally used as a load-bearing
member in a composite framed structure. Steel-concrete composite columns are
primarily used as columns supporting platforms in offshore structures, roofs of oil
storage tanks, columns for large industrial workshops as well as piles and piers for
bridges and viaducts. Because of their high resistance to earthquake, concrete filled
steel box columns are widely used in multistory buildings, particularly in
Japan.Other parameter that will be varied is the column length. Furthermore the
author felt that he is in need of achieving the ability to conduct a non-linear finite
element analysis of such a structure as an important outcome of this
study.Concrete-filled steel tube beam-columns are categorized as compact,
noncompact or slender depending on the governing tube slenderness ratio. AISC
360-10 specifies the provisions for designing noncompact and slender rectangular
and circular CFT members under axial compression, flexure, and combined axial
and flexural loading. This research presents the development and evaluation of
these design provisions. Available experimental databases of CFT members are
reviewed, and a new experimental database of tests conducted on noncompact and
slender CFT members is compiled. Detailed 3D finite element method (FEM) models
are developed for noncompact and slender CFT members, and benchmarked using
experimental results. The AISC 360-10 design provisions for noncompact and
slender CFT members are then evaluated by both the experimental test results and
additional FEM analysis that address the gaps in the experimental database.In order
to obtain more insight in to the behavior of the models, the models were analyzed
using the soft ware package ANSYS12.

HISTORY

the Two Union Square building in Seattle, Washington

Casselden Place project in Melbourne, Australia,
Taipei 101 tower in Taipei, Taiwan, and

 Commerzbank in Frankfort, Germany

3 Houston Center in Houston, Texas
Postal Office building in Quanzhou, China
Wuhan International Financial Center in Wuhan, China
Shimizu Super High Rise in Tokyo, Japan.
1988 Bank of China megatruss of composite columns

ADVANTAGES OF COMPOSITE COLUMNS

increased strength for a given cross sectional dimension.
increased stiffness, leading to reduced slenderness and increased buckling resistance.
good fire resistance in the case of concrete encased columns.
corrosion protection in encased columns
significant economic advantages over either pure structural steel or reinforced
concrete alternatives.
identical cross sections with different load and moment resistances can be produced
by varying steel thickness, the concrete strength and reinforcement. This allows the
outer dimensions of a column to be held constant over a number of floors in a building, thus
simplifying the construction and architectural detailing.
formwork is not required for concrete filled tubular sections. 171 outer dimensions of a
column to be held constant over a number of floors in a building, thus simplifying the
construction and architectural detailing. Erection of high rise building in an extremely efficient
manner.
Disadvantages of Composites
Limited availability of design data Reinforcement incorrectly located
Lack of codes and standards Recycling not easy Fire, smoke and toxicity
performance
SUMMARY OF LITERATURE AND CONCLUSION As discussed previously, the
interaction between the steel tube wall and concrete infill produces hoop stresses in
the steel tube wall and confinement of the concrete infill (Varma et al.,
2002b).These hoop stresses reduce the axial stress required to cause yielding of the
steel, and the confinement of the concrete infill also increases its compressive
strength. For rectangular CFT members, concrete confinement occurs at the corners
and in the core. AISC 360-10does not account for these effects directly while
calculating the axial strength of CFT columns. As a result, the strength contribution
of steel tube may be overestimated, while the strength contribution of the concrete
infill may be slightly underestimated. The degree of conservatism of the design
equations is therefore dependent on the tube wall slenderness ratio and the relative
material strengths of steel and concrete.CFT columns with compact sections can
develop yielding before local buckling and provide adequate confinement of the
concrete infill to develop its compressive strength up to 0.85fc for rectangular CFT
columns and 0.95 fc for circular CFT columns.Noncompact CFT sections can reach
the yield stress (Fy) of the steel tube with local buckling, but cannot provide
adequate confinement to the concrete infill to reach its full compressive strength.
CFT columns with tube slenderness ratio greater than O r are classified as slender.
Slender CFT sections undergo elastic local buckling, and the buckled tube wall
cannot provide adequate confinement to the concrete infill to reach its full
compressive strength. The concrete compressive strength of both noncompact and
slender sections is limited to 0.70 fc.The tensile behavior of the steel tube were
assumed to be bilinear and the tensile behavior of the concrete infill was assumed
to be linear elastic until the tensile strength once the tensile strength of the
concrete is reached, the concrete is assumed to loss its tensile strength completely.
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LOAD DEFLECTION CURVES

Load(force) vs displacement(deflection)curves @ same interval of loading
increament by using Universal testing machine
SURFACE STRAINS MEASUREMENTS
Force vs strain(%)relationship by strain gauge i.e LVDT or mechanical type
AXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF COMPOSITE COLUMN
Of compact, non- compact & slender sections(with respect to slenderness ratio)&
compare the results with various international codes i.e AISC , EUROcode ,
japanis code , Australia code, ACI & BS codes.etc
SIMULATION DATA WITH FEM MODEL
By using ABAQUAS or ANSYS analysis software.for verification of
experimental results
PRE & POST LOCAL AS WELL AS GLOBAL BUCKLING BEHAVIOUR
Due to concrete infill & steel tube confinement for different specimen
EFFECTIVE STREES STRAIN RELATIONSHIP
For different concrete infill & steel grades of different length specimen
FAILURE PATTERN
Either by crushing or local buckling or any other means.

FUTURE SCENARIO

As the Indian code has not thrown light, for calculating the strength Of composite column,
further research is needed.
shear transfer mechanism (transfer of shear stress from concrete & steel) is research related
topic.
Analysis & design of composite column subjected to cyclic loading(located in high EQ prone
regions) due to EQ forces.

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