Recycled aggregate is a solution to reduce construction waste and to be environmentally friendly, but concrete using it has various disadvantages in terms of structure. Therefore, the interaction effect of the two materials can be expected by filling the cyclic aggregate concrete in the CFT column. Eighteen specimens were constructed to confirm the compressive behavior of RCFT (Recylced Concrete Filled Tube) columns, which can be applied to real buildings by making high strength concrete with recycled aggregate. Variable is the shape and thickness of steel pipe, concrete strength and mixing ratio, and coarse aggregate and fine aggregate are all used as recycled aggregate. A total of three recycled aggregate concrete preformulations were used to find the optimal mixing ratio and the compressive behavior was analyzed through the load - displacement curves of RCFT columns.

Concrete filled steel tube (CFT) columns have been widely used in moment resisting frame structures both in seismic zones. This paper discusses the design of such members based on the advanced methods introduced in the 2005 AISC Specification and the 2005 Seismic Provisions. This study focuses particularly on design following both linear and nonlinear methods utilizing equivalent static and dynamic loads for low-rise moment frames. The paper begins with an examination of the significance of pseudo-elastic design interaction equations and the plastic ductility demand ratios due to combined axial compressive force and bending moment in CFT members. Based on advanced computational simulations for a series of five-story composite moment frames, this paper then investigates both building performance and new techniques to evaluate building damage during a strong earthquake. It is shown that 2D equivalent static analyses can provide good design approximations to the force distributions in moment frames subjected to large inelastic lateral loads. Dynamic analyses utilizing strong ground motions generally produce higher strength ratios than those from equivalent static analyses, but on more localized basis. In addition, ductility ratios obtained from the nonlinear dynamic analysis are sufficient to detect which CFT columns undergo significant deformations.

CIT 기둥의 장기거동에 관한 기존의 연구과 실험자료에 의하면 크리프 및 건조수축계수는 외부 강관의 구속효과에 의하여 철근콘크리트 기둥보다 작은 값을 가진다. 본 연구에서는 불확실성이 큰 콘크리트 강도와 특정크리프값과 작용하중을 매개변수로 하여 37층 건물의 CFT 기둥에 대한 확률론적 해석을 수행하였으며 매개변수의 특성을 분석하고 CFT 기둥의 축소량 해석값의 예측범위를 정량화하였다. 본 논문에서는 CFT 기둥축소량의 확률론적 해석을 위한 몬테카를로 (Monte Carlo) 기법을 소개하며 다중매개변수를 동시에 적용하여 매개변수의 변동에 따른 축소량의 영향을 분석하고 신뢰지수별 변동폭을 산정하였다.

The mechanical behavior of concrete-filled glass fiber reinforced polymer columns is affected by various factors including concrete strength, stiffness of tube, end confinement effect, and slenderness ratio of members. In this research the behavior of slender columns was examined both experimentally and analytically. Experimental works include 1) compression test with 30cm long glass fiber composite columns under different end confinement conditions, 2) uni-axial compression test for 7 slender columns, which have various slenderness ratios.Short-length stocky columns gave high strength and ductility revealing high confinement action of FRP tubes.The strength increment and strain change were examined under different end confinement conditions.With slender columns, failure strengths, confinement effects, and stress-strains relations were examined.Through analytical work, effective length was computed and it was compared with the amount of reduction in column strength, which is required to predict design strength with slender specimens.This study shows the feasibility of slender concrete-filled glass fiber reinforced polymer composite columns.