Elastic-Plastic Deformation of Steel-Concrete Beams With Local Crumpling During Three-Point Bending

Abstract

The study presents the results of experimental modeling of elastoplastic deformation of bent massive concrete filled steel tube beams under three-point bending. It has been shown that local deformations and local crushing in such structures have a significant impact on their behavior. The applicability of the theory of bending of a hollow steel beam according to the Bernoulli model is analyzed. A comparison has been made of the bearing capacity and stress-strain state of hollow steel tubes (according to the Bernoulli model and the results of experiments) and concrete filled steel tube beams, and the contribution of the concrete core to the bending resistance during elastoplastic deformation has been quantitatively assessed. The actual load-bearing capacity of a hollow pipe during three-point bending does not exceed 50% of the calculated theoretically determined one, which indicates the impossibility of using the classical bending model when designing systems of this kind. In this case, the concrete filled steel tube beam not only ensures the full functioning of the metal during the deformation process, preventing its disruption, but also provides some increase in load-bearing capacity due to the inclusion of a compressed zone in the concrete work. The increase in the load-bearing capacity of a beam due to the introduction of a concrete core can reach 70%. Despite their significant weight, bendable tube-concrete rods can be recommended in conditions of a complex stress-strain state, in which, in addition to transverse bending loads, significant longitudinal forces arise, as well as local force factors that contribute to the occurrence of local crushing deformations, since, unlike a thin-walled hollow tube, concrete the core significantly prevents these effects. Based on the results of the study, the potential effectiveness of flexible tube-concrete elements for a number of structures was proven.