IMPACT FORCE RESPONSE OF SHORT CONCRETE FILLED STEEL TUBULAR COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL LOAD

Abstract

The impact test on short concrete filled steel tubular column was conducted through DHR-9401 dropped hammer tester. Based on analysis on recorded time-history curve of impact force, the relations of impact force with respect to confining effect coefficient and impact speed are obtained. So are done that of the impact duration. By use of ANSYS/LS-DYNA, values of impact peak force in relation with those of impact speed were computed in the case of unitary material model and composite material model respectively. The simulation results show that peak force-speed curve of unitary model has better description of test data than that of composite one. Critical energy is found to increase linearly with the steel ratio when steel tube and concrete remain unchanged.