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  • Civil Engineering
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • High-strength steel offers potential for reduced reinforcement congestion and construction costs in concrete members.
  • Understanding the behavior of concrete columns with high-strength steel under eccentric loading is crucial for structural design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the performance of concrete columns reinforced with newly developed high-strength steel subjected to eccentric loading.
  • To evaluate the influence of transverse reinforcement amount and yield strength, eccentricity, and longitudinal reinforcement yield strength on column behavior.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental testing of ten reinforced concrete columns with varying reinforcement properties and eccentricities.
  • Analysis of failure patterns, post-peak deformability, and ductility.
  • Discussion of equivalent rectangular stress block (ERSB) parameters for capacity prediction.

Main Results:

  • Failure modes varied between compression (small eccentricity) and tensile (large eccentricity).
  • High-strength transverse reinforcement allowed reduced amounts while maintaining ductility.
  • High-strength longitudinal reinforcement improved bearing capacity and post-peak deformability.

Conclusions:

  • The China Code GB 50010-2010 overestimates the bearing capacity of columns with high-strength steel.
  • The America Code ACI 318-14 and Canada Code CSA A23.3-04 provide reliable predictions for these columns.