Abstract
SummaryIn recent years, the mega steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns have been applied in super‐tall buildings. The previous research on SRC columns mainly focuses on the components with simple arrangement of encased steel, such as H‐shaped steel and cross‐shaped steel, with little attention paid to mega SRC columns that always have complicated encased steel and large steel ratio. The cyclic loading tests were carried out on scaled mega SRC column specimens with different cross‐section type of encased steel and steel ratio. The nonlinear three‐dimensional finite element and fiber element models were established respectively to simulate the inelastic behavior of mega SRC columns. The equivalent plastic strain of concrete, steel and rebar as well as the confinement effect on the concrete caused by the rebar and the steel plate were analyzed subsequently. By using the verified numerical model, the seismic behavior of specimens with different axial compression ratio was also studied. The test and analysis results indicate that the steel ratio and axial compression ratio have significant effects on the seismic performance of mega SRC columns, while the effect of cross‐section type of encased steel is not significant. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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