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Analytical behavior of eccentrically loaded concrete encased steel columns subjected to standard fire including cooling phase

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A nonlinear 3-D finite element analysis (FEA) model was developed to predict the behavior of eccentrically loaded concrete encased steel (CES) columns subjected to ISO-834 standard fire including heating and cooling phases. The finite element model has been validated against published tests conducted at elevated temperatures. Comparisons between the predicted results and the test results show that this model can accurately predict the behavior of CES columns under fire. The FEA model was then used to investigate the typical temperature-time curve and mid-height lateral deformation-time curve of eccentric compression CES columns in a complete loading history including initial loading, heating and cooling. It is shown that the temperature delay is obvious at the inner layers of concrete. The fire resistance of a CES column should be checked for the full process of fire exposure until temperatures everywhere in the column start to decrease. The lateral deformation of the column still gradually increases during the cooling phase and the column may fail during that phase. There is a large residual deformation after the fire exposure. Furthermore, the variables that influence the behavior of the CES columns under fire were investigated in parametric studies. It is found that the main parameters which influence the lateral deformation-time curve of the column during the full process of fire exposure are load ratio, slenderness ratio, duration time, depth to width ratio and steel ratio, and the main parameters which influence the residual deformation ratio of the column after fire are load ratio, duration time, cross-sectional depth and steel ratio.

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  1. School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Er-Feng Du

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Key Lab of Concrete and Prestressed Concrete Structures of Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Gan-Ping Shu

  3. School of Civil Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, 215011, China

    Xiao-Yong Mao

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Note.-Discussion open until August 1, 2013. This manuscript for this paper was submitted for review and possible publication on June 19, 2012; approved on February 22, 2013.

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Du, EF., Shu, GP. & Mao, XY. Analytical behavior of eccentrically loaded concrete encased steel columns subjected to standard fire including cooling phase. Int J Steel Struct 13, 129–140 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13296-013-1012-y

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