Load-bearing capacity of concrete elements reinforced with steel and composite coatings

Czestochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Akademicka 3, 42-200 Czestochowa, Poland

^* Corresponding author: mpomada@bud.pcz.pl

Abstract

In the article, the compressive strength of steel-concrete structures defined as CFST (Concrete Filled Steel Tubular) has been checked. The steel elements used in CFST columns have high tensile strength and ductility while the concrete elements have high compressive strength and stiffness. Therefore, CFST elements have a large range of applications in construction. The analysis included 8 examples of elements consisting of a steel tube filled with a concrete core. The examples differed in the thickness of the steel coating and the compressive strength of the concrete core. Analytical calculations and experimental studies for them were carried out. The analytical calculations were based on the author’s method of assessing the load-bearing capacity of concrete-filled steel tubes. In experimental verification, CFST samples were subjected to a static compression test. The calculation method was also used to calculate the load capacity when composites reinforcement is the outer coating for the concrete core. Three types of composites were analysed. The obtained results show a large influence of the steel coating thickness on the compressive strength for the CFST elements. The load-bearing capacity of the elements depends on the appropriate ratio of the surface of the steel coating to the concrete coating.