Experimental research on self-stressing and self-compacting concrete filled steel tube columns subjected to eccentric load

Abstract

A total of fifteen self-stressing and self-compacting concrete (SSC) filled steel tube columns and three common self-compacting concrete filled steel tube (CFST) columns are tested under eccentric compression load to analyze the effect of initial self-stress on the compression behavior of CFSTs. The results show that the elastic working range of the columns is lengthened because of initial self-stress and it slightly decreases with the increase of load eccentricity ratio and slenderness ratio. Because of the initial self-stress, the concrete core is always under compression in three directions, so the compactness is enhanced and the ultimate bearing capacity obviously increases; but the initial self-stress hardly affects the failure mode of the columns.