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SSRC DESIGN GUIDE

CHAPTER TEN: COMPOSITE COLUMNS
Amit H. Varma
School of Civil Engineering

OUTLINE
u Introduction
u US-Japan

Cooperative Earthquake Research Program

u Cross-sectional
u Other

Strength of Composite Sections

Considerations for Cross-Section Strength

u Design

Approaches

u Recent

Developments and Future Editions

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INTRODUCTION
u Composite

Members: Steel and concrete act together

through mechanical interlock, friction and / or adhesion

US JAPAN RESEARCH PROGRAM

u Axially

Loaded CFT Stub Columns

u Extensive

testing of 114 specimens

u Circular and square
u Steel yield strength (262 853 MPa)
u D/t (17 52), B/t (18 74)
u Concrete strength (25 91 MPa)
u Circular

columns

2t
Po = As 0.89 y + Ac u f c + 4.1
0.19 y

D 2t

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US JAPAN RESEARCH PROGRAM

u Square

CFT stub columns

Po = As cr + Ac u f c
where, cr =

y
y
2
b y 4.00
0.698 + 0.128

t E 6.97

CFT STUB COLUMNS

u Local

buckling behavior different from hollow sections

4.00
6.97

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EFFECTIVE STRESS-STRAIN CURVES

u Experimentally

measured stub column responses to

develop effective stress-strain curves for concrete
Circular CFT

Square CFT

EFFECTIVE STRESS-STRAIN CURVES

u Experimentally

measured stub column responses to

develop effective stress-strain curves for steel

Stress (MPa)

B ,B
B ,B

B ,B
R ,R
R ,R
R ,R

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MOMENT-CURVATURE BEHAVIOR
u Fiber

discretization of cross-section
u Effectives stress-strain curves for steel and concrete
u No slip between steel and concrete layers
u Strain compatibility and linear strain diagram
u P-M-

relationships obtained by fiber analysis of crosssection

u P-M

Interaction for strength

P-M INTERACTION
u Exact

vs. Rigid Plastic behavior based

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SECTION ANALYSIS RIGID PLASTIC

u Rigid

Plastic Analysis of Cross-Sections

u Limited

to compact sections
u Limited to conventional strength materials

SECTION ANALYSIS
u High

Strength Materials
u Local buckling and concrete crushing

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DESIGN APPROACHES
u AISC

u Eurocode

u AIJ

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE

EDITIONS
u Classification

of composite filled sections and

identification of slenderness limits (p, r, limit)
u Compact,
Loading

Axial
compression

Flexure

Noncompact and Slender

Description of
Element

Width-top
r
limit
Thickness Compact/
Noncompact/ Maximum
Ratio
Noncompact
Slender
Permitted

Steel tube walls of

Rectangular CFT
Members

b/t

2.26

Es
Fy

3.00

Es
Fy

5.00

Es
Fy

Steel tube wall of

Circular CFT Members

D/t

0.15

Es
Fy

0.19

Es
Fy

0.31

Es
Fy

Flanges of Rectangular
CFT Members

b/t

2.26

Es
Fy

3.00

Es
Fy

5.00

Es
Fy

Webs of Rectangular
CFT Members

h/t

3.00

Es
Fy

5.70

Es
Fy

5.70

Es
Fy

Steel tube wall of

Circular CFT Members

D/t

0.09

Es
Fy

0.31

Es
Fy

0.31

Es
Fy

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE EDITIONS

Rectangular CFTs

Fcr =

9Es
(b t)2

Circular CFTs

Fcr =

0.72Fy

( )

Fy
D
t E

0.2

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE EDITIONS

u Experimental

database of noncompact and slender

CFTs
u Benchmarking

of numerical models using the

nonlinear finite element method and experimental
database

u Parametric

studies using benchmarked models to

supplement and complement the database

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE EDITIONS

u Results

from parametric studies and experimental

database used to develop and verify conservatism of
design equations

u Design

P-M interaction equations

u Effective

stress-strain curves for noncompact and

slender CFT beam-columns - proposed

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE EDITIONS

The AISC 360interaction curves for noncompact and
slender CFT beam-columns can be updated as:
When Pr c p : Pr + 1 c p M r 1.0
c Pn

c Pn

1 c

cm b M n

When Pr < c p : c m Pr + Mr 1.0

p
c n
b
n
c n
For rectangular CFT beam-columns:

c p = 0.17csr0.4
When csr 0.5
When csr < 0.5

cm = 1.06 csr0.11 1.0

0.11
sr

cm = 1.06 c

Updated

cp

AISC
360-10

cm

1.0

Noteif cp=0.2 and cm=0.9, then these equations are the same
as the current AISC design equations

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CONCLUSIONS
u Chapter

10 of the SSRC Design Guide is very

useful for the design of composite columns
including those made from high strength materials

u Recent

developments include classification of

composite sections into compact, noncompact and
slender sections

u Development

of design equations for columns,

beams and beam-column interaction equations

u To

be included in the next version of the guide

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