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Flexural Performance and Moment Connection of Concrete-Filled GFRP Tube–Encased Steel I-Sections

2012· article· en· 45 citations· W1993013603 on OpenAlex· 10.1061/(asce)cc.1943-5614.0000288

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Claude Opus 4.8OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Structural testing of concrete-filled FRP tube sections; civil engineering.

GPT-5.6 (high)OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

The study tests the structural performance of concrete-filled composite members.

Grok 4.5OUT
genre: empirical
about Canada: no
confidence: high

Structural engineering tests of composite beam systems; domain construction research.

Abstract

A hybrid system, concrete-filled fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) tube (CFFT)-encased steel I-section, is introduced. The embedded steel section enhances flexural strength and stiffness, and provides a pseudoductile behavior. It also facilitates connection of the CFFT member to footings or other members. Phase I of the experimental program addresses the flexural behavior of the system through ten beam specimens, including steel and CFFT control specimens. The glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) tubes varied in thickness and laminate structure. The steel section enhanced performance considerably, especially pseudoductility, in tubes with cross-ply laminates, in which a significant sustained reserved strength remains stable over large deflections on fracture of the tube. CFFTs with angle-ply tubes showed a considerable inherent ductility on their own, in which case, adding the steel section enhanced strength and stiffness only. Phase II addresses a moment connection through five cantilever tests. The connections consist of steel base plates welded to the steel sections, which are embedded into the CFFT members at various length (Ls)-to-span-length (L) ratios ranging from 0.1 to 1.0. Three distinct failure modes are observed. At (Ls/L) ratios of up to 0.17, premature bond failure occurs. At ratios of 0.17 to 0.47, the CFFT member achieves flexural tension failure of the tube just beyond the free end of the steel section. Beyond a 0.47 ratio, the full plastic hinge capacity is developed at the fixed end. A simple design-oriented model that predicts strengths at the full range of (Ls/L) ratios is developed and validated.

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Venue
Journal of Composites for Construction
Topic
Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
Field
Engineering
Canadian institutions
Queen's University
Funders
Keywords
Materials scienceFlexural strengthFibre-reinforced plasticComposite materialDuctility (Earth science)StiffnessStructural engineeringGlass fiberTube (container)Tension (geology)Beam (structure)WeldingHingeUltimate tensile strengthCreep
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