Mechanical behavior of self‐stressing steel slag aggregate concrete filled steel tubular stub columns
Feng Yu, Yuan Fang, Yang Zhang, Lin Xu, Rui Bai
Abstract
Abstract The mechanical behaviors of the self‐stressing steel slag aggregate concrete filled steel tubular (SSSACFST) stub column are investigated for practical structural applications. Twelve specimens under axial and eccentric compression are tested. The influences of different parameters, such as the eccentricity, the diameter–thickness ratio of the steel tube and the expansion rate of the steel slag aggregate concrete (SSAC) are studied. The experimental results show that the shear and the bending deformation dominate the failures of the specimens under axial and eccentric compression, respectively. The column with a high diameter–thickness ratio has a low ultimate bearing capacity and ultimate strain. The incremental range of the load capacity and the ultimate axial and circumferential strains of the specimens will be increased by raising the expansion rate of the SSAC. Based on the experimental results, the applicability of the current concrete filled steel tube design provisions for the SSSACFST stub columns is evaluated, and two analytical models for predicting the bearing capacity of the SSSACSFT stub columns under axial and eccentric compression are proposed.