CRC Press Concrete-Filled Stainless Steel Tubular Columns

Concrete-filled stainless steel tubular (CFSST) columns are increasingly used in modern composite construction due to their high strength, high ductility, high corrosion resistance, high durability and aesthetics and ease of maintenance. Thin-walled CFSST columns are characterized by the different strain-hardening behavior of stainless steel in tension and in compression, local buckling of stainless steel tubes and concrete confinement. Design codes and numerical models often overestimate or underestimate the ultimate strengths of CFSST columns. This book presents accurate and efficient computational models for the nonlinear inelastic analysis and design of CFSST short and slender columns under axial load and biaxial bending. The effects of different strain-hardening characteristics of stainless steel in tension and in compression, progressive local and post-local buckling of stainless steel tubes and concrete confinement are taken into account in the computational models. The numerical models simulate the axial load-strain behavior, moment-curvature curves, axial load-deflection responses and axial load-moment strength interaction diagrams of CFSST columns. The book describes the mathematical formulations, computational procedures and model verifications for circular and rectangular CFSST short and slender columns. The behavior of CFSST columns under various loading conditions is demonstrated by numerous numerical examples. This book is written for practising structural and civil engineers, academic researchers and graduate students in civil engineering who are interested in the latest computational techniques and design methods for CFSST columns. About the Author Vipulkumar Ishvarbhai Patel is a Lecturer in Structural Engineering at La Trobe University, Australia, and the co-author of Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns. Qing Quan Liang is an Associate Professor of Structural Engineering at Victoria University, Australia, the Founder and President of Australian Association for Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (AASCCS), the author of Performance-Based Optimization of Structures: Theory and Applications and Analysis and Design of Steel and Composite Structures, and the co-author of Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns. Muhammad N. S. Hadi is an Associate Professor in Structural Engineering at the University of Wollongong, Australia, and the co-author of Nonlinear Analysis of Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Columns and Earthquake Resistant Design of Buildings.