Abstract
In this paper, a promising construction option, which combines the concrete filled steel tubular (CFT) column and the self-centering rocking system, is introduced and its seismic behavior is experimentally investigated. In this hybrid system, named as post-tensioned concrete filled steel tubular (PCFT) column, the unbonded post-tensioned (PT) tendons and energy dissipation (ED) devices are employed to provide recentering and ED properties, respectively. The steel tube acts as a protective jacket, stay-in-place formwork, and transverse reinforcement. Six PCFT columns with different amounts of initial PT force and ED bars were tested. All columns failed due to the fracture of ED bars and the crushing of mortar bed which though was cast from ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). The column shafts of specimens suffered little damage after testing. The amount of ED bars greatly affected the self-centering capacity and ED capacity of the PCFT columns when the ratio of ED bars was less than 1.2%. Beyond this ratio, its effect was negligible. Additionally, increasing initial PT force made only a little difference to the load-carrying capacity but significantly enhanced the self-centering capacity of the column.
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