Abstract

Based on the completed experimental study, the structural response of steel tube confined RC (STRC) columns under pure torsion, bending-torsion and compression-bending-torsion load were investigated through the finite element method (FEM). Experimental results were used to verify the proposed finite element model and the verification results revealed that the assessment capability of the developed models was efficacious. The model considered the 3D equilibrium, compatibility, and constitutive laws of materials at the section and structural level. In addition, a parametric study was performed to visualize the influence of steel tube, section size, concrete, longitudinal reinforcement, stirrup, and axial force on the ultimate bearing capacity and the ultimate bearing capacity correlation of STRC columns. To this aim, a total of 72 STRC columns were modeled. It was noticed that the thickness of steel tube, the yield strength of longitudinal reinforcement, the diameter of longitudinal reinforcement (longitudinal reinforcement ratio) and axial force were the most crucial parameter, influencing the ultimate bearing capacity of STRC columns significantly. As well, it was overtly beheld from the study that the correlation curves of flexural and torsional capacity were similar under the influence of different parameters, and relevant equations of flexural and torsional capacity were proposed through curve fitting.

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