Open AccessINFLUENCE OF CONCRETE AND FIBRE CONCRETE ON THE LOAD‐CARRYING CAPACITY AND DEFORMABILITY OF COMPOSITE STEEL‐CONCRETE COLUMNS
Author(s) -
Elżbieta Szmigiera
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of civil engineering and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.529
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1822-3605
pISSN - 1392-3730
DOI - 10.3846/13923730.2007.9636419
Subject(s) - casing , structural engineering , column (typography) , composite number , materials science , geotechnical engineering , composite material , engineering , mechanical engineering , connection (principal bundle)
The report presents the results of laboratories’ tests on steel columns strengthened by concrete casing. During testing of steel I‐shape column the strength of concrete casing and the way of the column loading were parameters subjected to changes. The possibility of increasing load capacity of columns by strengthening the supporting zones was checked, too. On the basis of tests performed, it has been stated that there is a considerable effect of concrete casing on the performance and capacity of steel columns. Possibility of increasing the load capacity of columns by making heads of fibre concrete has been shown.