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This study investigates the axial compression performance of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC)-filled double skin steel stub columns with outer stainless steel tube (UFDSST). Fifteen UFDSST stub columns and three UHPC filled duplex stainless steel tube (UFSST) stub columns were tested under axial compression. The test parameters include the section hollow ratio (chi), the diameters to thickness ratio of inner carbon steel tube (Di/ti) and outer stainless steel tube (Do/to). The test results show that it is feasible to utilize UFDSST stub columns instead of UFSST stub columns to mitigate the impact of UHPC's brittle failure under compression on the members. UFDSST columns exhibit 80 %-101 % load-bearing capacities to UFSST stub columns while with reduced self-weight. Furthermore, the ductility index (I10) of UFDSST stub columns has increased by 8.8 %-21.4 % compared to UFSST stub columns, and the toughness index (T.I.) has increased by 12.7 %-21.0 %. A finite element model (FEM) capable of more accurately simulating the axial compression mechanical behavior of UFSST and UFDSST stub columns was developed. The mechanism analysis using the FEM showed that decreasing Do/to can facilitate the earlier activation of the constraining effect of the outer stainless steel tube, and the constraint effect of the inner steel tube emerged after the peak load, primarily contributing to the ductility performance. The test results were used to evaluate the feasibility of existing calculation models in codes and literature for designing UFDSST stub columns. A modified computational model considering the constraint effect of stainless steel tubes on UHPC and the strain-hardening material characteristics was proposed.
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JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIONAL STEEL RESEARCH
ISSN: 0143-974X
Year: 2025
Volume: 227
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JCR@2022
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