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Temperature Field Calculation and Analysis within Steel Tube Reinforced Columns



Lei Xu*, Jiangang Sun
School of Civil & Architectural Engineering, DaLian Nationalities University, DaLian 116600, China


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Abstract

The temperature field analysis method of steel tube reinforced columns under fire by finite element analysis software ABAQUS is proposed in this paper. The theoretical method is validated by tests, and the calculated results agree well with those of tests. On the basis of that, the influencing laws of temperature rising time; section perimeter; steel reinforcement ratio and sectional core area ratio on temperature field are discussed. It has been found that the surface temperatures of steel tube reinforced columns increase obviously with temperature rising time, and the temperatures of steel tubes and core concrete increase slowly. The effects of section size and sectional core area ratio on temperature field are significant, but steel ratio has very little effect on temperature both of steel tube and of sectional center. These achievements make it possible to study further theoretical study on the mechanic performance of steel tube reinforced concrete columns in fire.

Keywords: Steel Tubes Reinforced Columns, ABAQUS, Elevated Temperature, Boundary Condition, Temperature Field.