Professional Documents
Culture Documents
net/publication/279517034
CITATION READS
1 1,191
3 authors, including:
Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects:
Strengthening square reinforced concrete columns by circularisation and FRP/steel straps confinement View project
All content following this page was uploaded by Qing Quan Liang on 02 July 2015.
Acknowledgments vi
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Types of composite columns 1
1.2 Advantages of CFST column construction 3
1.2.1 Structural advantages 3
1.2.2 Construction advantages 5
1.3 Characteristics of CFST columns 5
1.3.1 Local buckling of rectangular CFST columns 5
1.3.2 Confinement effects in circular CFST columns 7
1.4 Conclusions 8
1.5 References 8
ii
3.7 Behavior of uniaxially loaded CFST slender beam-columns 73
3.7.1 Effects of local buckling 74
3.7.2 Effects of steel ratio 75
3.7.3 Effects of column slenderness ratio 77
3.7.4 Effects of loading eccentricity ratio 79
3.7.5 Effects of concrete compressive strength 80
3.7.6 Effects of steel yield strength 82
3.7.7 Effects of sectional shape 84
3.7.8 Effects of concrete confinement 86
3.8 Conclusions 88
3.9 References 90
iii
5 CFST beam-columns with preload effects 126
5.1 Introduction 126
5.2 Initial deflections caused by preloads 128
5.2.1 The fiber element method 128
5.2.2 The load control method 130
5.2.3 Analysis procedure 131
5.3 Load-deflection analysis of CFST columns 133
5.3.1 Theoretical formulations 133
5.3.2 Analysis procedure 134
5.4 Development of strength envelopes 136
5.5 Numerical solution methods 137
5.6 Comparisons with experimental results 137
5.6.1 Circular CFST columns 137
5.6.2 Square CFST columns 138
5.7 Behavior of CFST columns with preload effects 140
5.7.1 Effects of local buckling 140
5.7.2 Effects of preloads on load-deflection curves 142
5.7.3 Effects of preloads on column strength curves 143
5.7.4 Effects of preload and depth-to-thickness ratio 145
5.7.5 Effects of preload and loading eccentricity ratio 146
5.7.6 Effects of preload and steel yield strength 148
5.7.7 Effects of preload and concrete compressive strength 148
5.8 Design for rectangular CFST columns under axial compression 151
5.8.1 Liew and Xiong’s design model 151
5.8.2 Patel, Liang and Hadi’s design model 152
5.8.3 Comparisons of design models 153
5.9 Conclusions 154
5.10 References 155
v
Acknowledgments
The authors thank all their co-researchers for their contributions to some of the
research works presented in this book, particularly Professor Brian Uy and Scientia
Professor Mark A. Bradford at the University of New South Wales, and Professor Jat-
Yuen Richard Liew at the National University of Singapore. Thanks also go to
Professor Yi-Min Xie at RMIT University, Emeritus Professor Grant P. Steven at the
University of Sydney and Strand7 Pty Ltd, Professor Yeong-Bin Yang at Chongqing
University, Professor Yanglin Gong at Lakehead University, Dr. Sawekchai
Tangaramvong at the University of New South Wales and Professor N. E.
Shanmugam at Anna University for their useful communications and support.
Finally, the authors thank their families for their great encouragement and support.
vi