ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to all those who gave me the
possibility to complete this report. A special thanks to Our HOD Mr. Rahmathullah
and Chairman, Evaluation Committee Dr.Sabeena for providing me an opportunity to
Present this seminar.
I would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation the crucial role of the staff of
Civil Department, who gave the permission to use all required sources for studying about
my Topic.
I would also like to thank our parents and friends for their never failing support to us.
I would be failing in my efforts, if I did not express our thanks and gratitude to all the
people, who have helped us directly or indirectly in the successful completion of the
Seminar.
Finally, My special thanks to my Husband Mr. Mohammed Shameem for his help in
completing this report

RAHILA THASKEEN. M.C

ABSTRACT
Columns are designed to resist the majority of axial force by concrete alone can
be further economized by the use of thin walled steel tube.The concrete filled steel tubes
(CFT) column system has many advantages compared with the ordinary steel or the
reinforcement concrete system. One of the main advantages is the interaction between the
steel tube and concrete: local buckling of the steel tube is delayed by the restraint of the
concrete , and the strength of concrete is increased by the confining effect of the steel
tube. The paper discusses about the behavior of the composite column and various codal
provisions and presents an experimental work for concrete filled steel tubes subjected to
axial loading. The objective of the study is to evaluate the strength and ductility of CFT
columns under bond and end loading conditions. The columns have been tested under
axial compression till failure. The parameters considered are slenderness ratio of column
and concrete core strength. The load versus axial strain behaviour was studied. The effect
of slenderness ratio and concrete confinement was also studied.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

ABSTRACT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. GENERAL

2.1. COMPOSITE ACTION BETWEEN STEEL AND CONCRETE

2.2. LOCAL BUCKLING OF STEEL TUBE

2.3. CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE

2.4. SLENDERNESS RATIO OF COLUMN

2.5. CONFINEMENT OF CONCRETE

2.6. FLAT WIDTH /DIAMETER TO THICKNESS RATIO

2.7. CONCRETE CORE STRENGTH

3. CODAL PROVISIONS AND DESIGN METHODS

3.1. AXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF FILLED COLUMNS

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3.1.1.

Eurocode4-EC4-1994

3.1.2.

ACI 318-1999

3.1.3.

AISC-LRFD 1999/AISC-2005

3.2. LOCAL BUCKLING OF STEEL TUBE

3.2.1.

Eurocode4-1994

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3.2.2.

ACI 318-1999

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3.2.3.

AISC-LRFD-1999/AISC_2005

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3.3. SLENDERNESS LIMITS

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3.3.1.

Eurocode4-1994

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3.3.2.

ACI 318-1999

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3.4. CONFINEMENT OF CONCRETE

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3.4.1.

Eurocode4-1994

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3.4.2.

AISC-2005

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3.5. DESIGN METHODS

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4. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM

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4.1. MATERIAL PROPERTIES

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4.2. SHORT COLUMN TEST

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4.3. TEST SETUP AND INSTRUMENTATION

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5. EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

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5.1. EFFECT OF BOND AND END LOADING CONDITION

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5.2. LOAD RESISTANCE MECHANISM

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5.2.1.

Bonded CFT short columns

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5.2.2.

Unbonded CFT short columns

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6. CONCLUSION

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REFERENCE

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1. Fig 1.1 Schematic view of CFT column

2. Fig 3.1 European buckling curves

3. Fig 3.2 Confinement effect in circular and square columns

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4. Fig 4.1 Schematic diagram of test arrangement

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5. Fig 5.1 Load-axial deformation behaviour of short column specimen

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6. Fig 5.2 Load versus axial and hoop strain of short column

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7. Fig 5.3 Failure modes in short CFT specimens

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Details and test results of short column specimens

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