Effects of Shear Span and Axial Force on Structural Performance of Ces Columns With Wing Wall in the One Side

Abstract

In this paper, a static analysis and static loading tests were conducted to verify the effects of shear span and axial force on structural performance of CES columns with wing wall in the one side. It was indicated through the analytical results that the shear span length of column became about half of the column height when the column was subjected to compression in the bottom, while the shear span length of column became about column height when the column was subjected to compression at wing wall in the bottom. In the experimental results, the shear failure of the wing wall tends to occur earlier, because significant shear cracks occurred in the wing wall in the opposite loading direction. In addition, it was confirmed that the shear failure at wing wall in the top tended to occur in the loading direction when subjected to high compression axial force at column in the bottom.