Slenderness Sensitivity Analysis of Thin-Walled Square Steel Tubular Columns Filled with Demolished Concrete Lumps

Abstract

The demolished concrete lumps (DCLs) have been demonstrated to replacement partial coarse aggregates when casting concrete. However, few studies had focused on the sensitivity of factors affecting mechanical behavior of slender square steel slender columns filled with DCLs and fresh concrete (FC) under axial compression. This research was carried out on the basis of Bo Wu's study. The Orthogonal design method was adopted in this experiment. The experimental studied involved 12 Concrete-Filled Steel Tube (CFST) columns. Each columns diameter was 159mm, the length of specimens was 2000, 2200 and 2400 mm. The Diameter-to-thickness (D/t) ratio was 79, 53 and 40. The replacement ratio of FC by DCLs was 0, 20, 40 and 60%. Test results indicated that the slenderness ratio was the most sensitive factor on the bearing capacity of slender columns under axial compression, followed by D/t ratio, and the DCLs replacement ratio was smallest factor. The ultimate bearing capacity decreased slightly with increasing DCL replacement ratio. The DCLs had slightly affect on the mechanical performances of slender CFST columns. the code CECS 28:2012 was used to calculate the bearing capacity of slender CFST columns filled with DCLs under axial compression.